John Wesley has historically been the most influential advocate for the teachings of Arminian soteriology.

Indira Nehru was born on 19 November 1917 at the Anand Bhavan in the historically important town of Allahabad, in what was then the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, into the politically influential Nehru family.

Natural law is closely associated with morality and, in historically influential versions, with the intentions of God.

In arguably its most influential manifestation, the system of prophecy practiced by the babalawos and iyanifas of the historically Yoruba regions of West Africa have bequeathed to the world a corpus of fortune-telling poetic methodologies so intricate that it has been added by UNESCO to its official intangible cultural heritage of the World list.

In 1993, Professor Judith Hauptman of JTS issued an influential paper arguing that women had historically always been obligated in prayer, using more detailed arguments than the Blumenthal and first Sigal responsa.

He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.

The Aryan race is a concept historically influential in Western culture in the period of the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Following a shift in EC's direction in 1950, Gaines presided over what became an artistically influential and historically important line of mature-audience comics.

Many of the Great Officers became largely ceremonial because historically they were so influential that their powers had to be resumed by the Crown or dissipated.

He produced four livres of harpsichord pieces that represent the summit of the French harpsichord school, authored an influential and historically important treatise on harpsichord playing ( L ' art de toucher le clavecin ), and produced a number of other, sacred and secular works, that are still well known today.

Early in 1922, the two men founded a political and art magazine, the influential Contimporanul — historically, the longest-lived venue of the Romanian avant-garde.

The larger, influential and more powerful Suleimankhel have historically had the upper hand in this rivalry.

Lie listed his results as 3 direct and 3 converse theorems, the infinitesimal variant of Cartan's theorem was essentially his 3rd converse theorem, hence Serre has called it in an influential book, the " third Lie theorem ", the name which is historically somewhat misleading, but more often used in the recent decade in the connection to many generalizations.

Unlike in Bolivia, trade-union radio has historically not been influential in Ecuador.

In many Latin American countries, liberalism and radicalism have been associated with generally left-of-center political movements such as Colombia's Liberal Party, historically concerned mostly with effecting government decentralization and regional autonomy ( liberals were influential in the total dissolution of at least two defunct countries, the United Provinces of Central America and Gran Colombia ) and separation of church and state.

Ross's moves were unprecedented, a huge commercial success, and proved historically influential.

Lithuania was historically home to a large and influential Jewish community that was almost entirely eliminated during the Holocaust: see Holocaust in Lithuania.

The German Trade Union Federation ( DGB ), the most influential group outside parliament and historically interwoven with the SPD, massively stepped up their discourse against Agenda 2010, especially prior to the Hartz IV law in July 2004, but the rumble subsided quickly after a summit meeting with Schröder in August 2004.

The established church is the Church of England, but Methodism has been historically strong, especially in country areas, and remains influential.

Gavin's mother, Delia Diana Pablos, hailed from the historically influential Pablos family of Sonora, Mexico.

The Deerfield was historically influential in the settlement of western Franklin County, Massachusetts, and its namesake town.

It is Plato's best-known work and has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory.

Before the ritsuryō system or taika reform, land was divided up between powerful families historically called gōzoku ( 豪族 ) or influential Buddhist temples, and they placed facilities called yake ( 宅 ) in those lands in order to preside over agricultural management, armament, traffic, and trades.

It has historically been a source of Christian teaching, Christological debate and reflection, and its images ( particularly of Jesus as the vine ) have been influential in Christian art and iconography.

The moving of millions of the German master-race, from the very heart of Junkerdom, to make room for the Polish Slavs whom they had enslaved and openly planned to exterminate was a drastic operation, but there was little doubt that it was historically justified.

These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disk of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet, but as small objects in the outer Solar System were discovered, their volatile-based surfaces were found to more closely resemble comets, and so were often distinguished from traditional asteroids.

Because of these natural conditions, the Black Sea coast historically has been isolated from Anatolia.

The Taurus Mountains are more rugged and less dissected by rivers than the Pontus Mountains and historically have served as a barrier to human movement inland from the Mediterranean coast except where there are mountain passes such as the historic Cilician Gates ( Gülek Pass ), northwest of Adana.

Alexander Alexandrovich () ( 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894 ), known historically as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on.

Since the later discovery of the electron, an easier to remember, and more durably correct technically although historically false, etymology has been suggested: anode, from the Greek anodos, ' way up ', ' the way ( up ) out of the cell ( or other device ) for electrons '.

Angus was historically a county ( known officially as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1928, when it reverted to its ancient name ) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside Region.

A boomerang is usually thought of as a wooden device cut from a tree trunk, although historically boomerang-like devices have also been made from bones.

Although in 2002 the NYSE and the NASDAQ required that nominating committees consist of independent directors as a condition of listing, nomination committees have historically received input from management in their selections even when the CEO does not have a position on the board.

* Civil law ( legal system ) ( or " Continental law "), any of the various systems or codes of law which are derived from Roman law historically

The edition of 1849 may be regarded as historically the most important, from the mass of new critical material it used ; that of 1859 is distinguished from Tischendorf's other editions by coming nearer to the received text ; in the eighth edition, the testimony of the Sinaitic manuscript received great ( probably too great ) weight.

Very few examples of historic butted mail have been found and it is generally accepted that butted mail was never in wide use historically except in Japan where mail ( kusari ) was commonly made from butted links.

Since the later discovery of the electron, an easier to remember, and more durably technically correct ( although historically false ), etymology has been suggested: cathode, from the Greek kathodos, ' way down ', ' the way ( down ) into the cell ( or other device ) for electrons '.

This miaphysite position, historically characterised by Chalcedonian followers as " monophysitism " though this is denied by the dissenters, formed the basis for the distinction from other churches of the Coptic Church of Egypt and Ethiopia and the " Jacobite " churches of Syria and Armenia ( see Oriental Orthodoxy ).

It is also the name of various other places and place-related terms, mostly derived historically from the above town:

The chaparral ecosystem as a whole is adapted to be able to recover from infrequent wildfires ( fires occurring a minimum of 15 years apart ); indeed, chaparral regions are known culturally and historically for their impressive fires.

Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler.

CUNY has historically served a diverse student body, especially those excluded from or unable to afford private universities.

The comparative method aims to prove that two or more historically attested languages are descended from a single proto-language by comparing lists of cognate terms.

Steve Dahl, who had spearheaded Disco Demolition Night, denied any racist or homophobic undertones to the promotion, saying, " It's really easy to look at it historically, from this perspective, and attach all those things to it.

The other usage refers to a language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it.

The word " dacoity " is the anglicized version of the Hindustani word ḍakaitī ( historically spelled dakaitee, Hindi डक ै त ी or Urdu ڈکیتی or Bengali ড া ক া ত ি) which comes from ḍākū ( historically spelled dakoo, Hindi: ड ा क ू, Urdu: ڈاکو, meaning " armed robber ") or Bengali ḍakat ( ড া ক া ত ).