If a sermon starts off with an authoritative statement about how people ought to behave, that turns them off.

Some reports corroborate this claim, either from police reports, or by an authoritative statement from a senior cleric.

A background of non-fiction, documentary, comedy and human interest literature fostered her willingness to challenge authoritative statements concerning viewpoints said to be avoided.

It also lacks authoritative statements by religious authorities.

As such, rather than being used as sources of authoritative statements of law, legal encyclopedias will be more often used as tools for finding relevant case law.