foundational document

They are widely recognized as a foundational document of the common law.

They must also already have a charter or some other foundational document in which the association's ideology is delineated.

His Rule was the foundational document for thousands of religious communities in the Middle Ages.

It is considered a foundational document for Lutheranism but was later rejected by the Reformed.

The Debian Project is a volunteer organization with three foundational documents:

These resolutions are considered the foundational documents of the theories of nullification and interposition.

The foundational document for Alabama's government is the Alabama Constitution, which was ratified in 1901.

Ignoring the foundational document of this country to buttress one's re-election prospects is an abomination."

(a) Constitutions and other foundational documents.

In this meeting, the document of the Humanist Movement [1] was added to the foundational documents.

These remain the foundational documents of the UCA Honors College.

Chapter six of the book, Groups for strugglers, is particularly noted as a foundational document in the revival of the small group movement within the church.

The bull was also a foundational document in the history of the Catholic Church's process of beatification and canonization.

Calvin provided many of the foundational documents for reformed churches, including documents on the catechism, the liturgy, and church governance.

The Charter of the County of Alameda is the foundational document of the county.

It was enacted as law by the Scottish Parliament, and became one of the foundational documents of Presbyterian church legislation elsewhere.

First, it was more powerful because it was so simply and clearly delineated in their foundational documents - the Exercises and the Formula.

These foundational documents included the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, declaration of principles, the thesis and the basis for political action.

If Barack Obama succeeds, his joint address to Congress will be seen as historic-indeed as the foundational document of Obamaism.

I think our Declaration, the Northwest Ordinance, the Constitution itself, the foundational documents of our country, are tied in with religion and morality."

After it was approved by several Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople it became the foundational document for the Church doctrine in the orthodox world.

His "An Old Landmark Reset" is considered a foundational document of this movement within the Southern Baptist Convention.

Although the promises were general and vague, the Charter Oath became the foundational document that effectively set the government's course for the rest of the Meiji period (1868-1912).

Explore the Charters of Freedom exhibit on the National Archives website highlighting the foundational documents of the United States government.