The Catholic bishops, on the other hand, tried to acknowledge the biblical precedents while warning against their misuse.

Opponents of making women bishops argue that there is no biblical precedent for them because the apostles of Jesus were men.

They wanted to celebrate the Lord's Supper according to biblical precedent.

Admirable biblical precedents.

The biblical precedent of ancient Israel is that the mother of the king becomes the queen mother.

Calvin did not insist on having explicit biblical precedents for every element of worship, but looked to the early church as his model and retained whatever he considered edifying.

Pentecostals derive biblical precedent for dancing in worship from 2 Samuel 6, where David danced before the Lord.

Ms. Booth said she found biblical precedent for the change.

This is because they found no biblical precedent for clergy performing marriage ceremonies.

Apparently there's a biblical precedent for this, which is why it's standard practice in the new Republic of Gilead.