Precepts

They gave the name Precepts to those laws which were universally obligatory, or were enacted for all men of all descriptions; but the Counsels pertained solely to those who aspire after superior holiness and a closer union with God.

Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation 1904

The central outlook of the Precepts is a distrust of basic human nature and an emphasis on the necessity for supervision of all aspects of human life (Fr. 35 Wehrli).

Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006

Perhaps Aristoxenus 'most interesting work on Pythagoreanism is the Pythagorean Precepts, which is known primarily through substantial excerpts preserved by Stobaeus (Frs. 33-41 Wehrli).

Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006

I won't question why they use the word "Precepts" in a book that was intended to simplify.

The Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church is now available On Line 2006

That Hesiod was of this opinion very many writers affirm who were earlier than the critic Aristophanes; for he was the first to reject the "Precepts", in which book this maxim occurs, as a work of that poet.

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

I can remember a multiple choice test involving matching a list on sins with an enumeration of the Ten Commandments and the Precepts of the Church, which could have been a law school quiz.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews? 2010

And Jaime clearly has no experience with Buddhism or the Dharmachakra, a peaceful religion that not only argues a soul must do good for other souls if it wishes to achieve enlightenment, but that unethical behaviors are a huge setback and disgrace (see the Five Precepts of Sila).

There is No God | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

Avoiding alcohol and other intoxicants is the fifth of the “Five Precepts” that form the basic moral code of Buddhism.

Buddhist group protests, symbolically seals Buddha Bar in Indonesia 2009

His Holiness precedes the granting of the Avalokiteshvara empowerment with the bestowal of the Lay Precepts, the Upasika Vows.

The Third Dalai Lama's Refined Gold & Shantideva's Guide 2010

His Holiness precedes the granting of the Avalokiteshvara empowerment with the bestowal of the Lay Precepts, the Upasika Vows.

The Third Dalai Lama's Refined Gold & Shantideva's Guide 2010