Although the doctrine of the resurrection comes to the forefront in the New Testament, it predates the Christian era.

Although Martin Luther personally believed and taught resurrection of the dead in combination with soul sleep, this is not a mainstream teaching of Lutheranism and most Lutherans traditionally believe in resurrection of the body in combination with the immortal soul.

Although no single Gospel gives an inclusive or definitive account of the resurrection of Jesus or his appearances, there are four points at which all four Gospels converge:

Although descriptions ( and life-span ) vary, the Egyptian phoenix ( Bennu bird ) became popular in early Christian art, literature and Christian symbolism, as a symbol of Christ representing his resurrection, immortality, and life-after-death.

Although theological textbooks still mentioned resurrection, they dealt with it as a speculative question more than as an existential problem .”

Although they were skeptical about Kraven's apparent resurrection, the X-Men called on the help of Spider-Man, who had battled Kraven many times over the years.

Although there is no universal agreement on the exact date when Christian communism was founded, many Christian communists assert that evidence from the Bible suggests that the first Christians, including the Apostles, created their own small communist society in the years following Jesus ' death and resurrection.

Although usually broadly comic performances, the plays seem to be based on underlying themes of duality and resurrection and generally involve a battle between two or more characters, perhaps representing good against evil.

Superman survived his death by entering into a hibernation-like state, and the Eradicator's use of him as a " conduit " by which he could absorb solar energy " restarted " Superman's body ( Although sources such as Professor Hamilton and Batman have noted that available evidence suggests that the remaining solar energy reserves in Superman's body when he died would have actually " run down " before the Eradicator took his body, suggesting that other factors may have contributed to his resurrection ).

Although most other Scottish teams who went into liquidation were later reformed as amateur sides, there was no such resurrection for Third Lanark.

Although René Guenon envisaged in his first books and essays a restoration of traditional “ intellectualité ” in the West on the basis of Roman Catholicism and Freemasonry, he gave up early on this idea of a spiritual resurrection of the West on a purely Christian basis.

Although Iron Man manages to trap him in a prison specifically designed to contain his ionic energy with the Revengers being quickly defeated by the combined Avengers teams, Wonder Man has still successfully managed to spread doubt among the population about the merits of the Avengers as a concept particularly since Captain Rogers has yet to officially rebuff any of his arguments, asking Beast to remember his words simultaneously reflecting that he may be able to see the Avengers from the outside as he has not been ' real ' since his resurrection before he apparently disappears from his prison.

Although the text is framed as a letter, and the first 20 % ( 10 chapters ) begins in this manner, describing the nativity, resurrection, and miracles of Jesus, this framing is only done extremely superficially.

Although never again billed as the nWo, the group would reunite in 2010 when, weeks prior to the debut of Hulk Hogan in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ), Kevin Nash had hinted that " the band was getting back together ".

Fans were making Graham a popular figure on their own — even Roberta Morgan's 1979 kayfabe book Main Event had to admit that, " Although he is a rule bender, has managed to stay very popular with the fans, probably because of his skill, strength, and colorful personality " — but the era of explicit and intentional " cool heels " did not come until the 1990s with the likes of the New World Order ( nWo ), D-Generation X, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and The Rock.

Although this would make Stevie Ray known for using dirty tactics and a strength-in-numbers mentality, his brother, Booker, showed little resentment and respected Stevie Ray's decision to be a part of the nWo, and they were able to peacefully co-exist.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although New Orleans was not to learn of it for a spell, she also was a sadist, a nymphomaniac and unobtrusively mad -- the perpetrator of some of the worst crimes against humanity ever committed on American soil.

Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.

Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.

Although it was a mere fragment of the victim's remains, it was enough.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

Although something like code books is implied by the model, they are nowhere represented in the model, which creates many conceptual difficulties.

Although helium-3 was found to be about 10, 000 times rarer than helium-4 in the helium from the gas wells, its significant presence in underground gas deposits implied that either it did not decay, or else it had a very long half-life-billions of years.

Although they had ample opportunity, at no time did any of them even hint that " Earnest " was a synonym for homosexual, or that " bunburying " may have implied homosexual sex.

Although the social theories and quasi-empiricism, and especially the embodied mind theory, have focused more attention on the epistemology implied by current mathematical practices, they fall far short of actually relating this to ordinary human perception and everyday understandings of knowledge.

Although the identity of the Serpent as Satan is implied in the Christian Book of Revelation, in Genesis the Serpent is merely portrayed as a deceptive creature or trickster, promoting as good what God had directly forbidden, and particularly cunning in its deception.

Although commonly referred to as the " Thai alphabet ", the character set is in fact not a true alphabet but an abugida, a writing system in which each consonant may invoke an inherent vowel sound, described as an implied ' a ' or ' o '.

Although Wiggum can often antagonize others as well, it is heavily implied that it is not out of malice but merely because he is doing his job or because he is ignorant of the situation.

Although the Beagle Boys are only shown very briefly on the last page of this story, it is implied that Scrooge has known about them for a long time.

Although it is implied that nuclear warfare has destroyed humanity, film critic Andrew Sarris notes that the episode's necessarily unrealistic format may have been what allowed its production to commence:

Although the original use and implied meaning may be disputed, it typically described preparations for charging the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle by first locking the bolt back by pulling the charging handle rearward and then loading an 8-round en bloc clip into the now open magazine.

Although the setting of The Mary Tyler Moore Show might have implied that he was a native Minnesotan, Lou Grant in fact established that he was born in the fictional town of Goshen, Michigan.

Although it has been implied, it has never been explicitly stated in any Simpsons related media that Ralph is mentally retarded and / or brain damaged.

( Although it was perhaps implied, he did not include an axiom requiring at least one subset to be independent.

Although the wording of the original text is not altered, the doctrine of implied repeal applies.

Although he is the hero of the One Year War, the first great mobile suit war, he barely climbs the ranks above lieutenant commander in his entire career, and it is implied to be due to the government's mistrust of his Newtype status.

Although the publicity surrounding Love Showdown implied a resolution to the long-running Betty vs. Veronica dilemma, a 48-page follow-up story ( Archie's Love Showdown Special ) returned the love triangle to its former status quo.

Although both logically unassailable and consistent with a literal reading of Scripture, Omphalos was rejected at the time by scientists on the grounds that it was completely unfalsifiable and by theologians because it implied to them a deceitful God, which they found theologically unacceptable.

Although many in Parliament felt that taxes were implied in this clause, other members of Parliament and many of the colonists — who were busy celebrating what they saw as their political victory — did not.

Although it is never stated which country her family comes from, it is implied that she is of Eastern European descent and both of her parents are immigrants to the United States ( possibly Greece and Russia, judging by her name ).

Although Harry prompted the discussion with Edna about resolving the issue of staying at their friends ’ house, it is implied that Edna made the decision and that Harry just delivered the message.

Although not stated explicitly in the text, Pravic is implied to lack pronouns that show different degrees of politeness or deference, as well as titles and other terms of address that do not refer to an actual function of the person.

Although Coca-Cola never implied that the water was being sourced from a spring or other natural source, they marketed it as being especially " pure ".

Although the officials come to the village, they do not interact with the villagers unless they need female companionship, implied to be sexual in nature.

Although Superman wasn't really killed, it was heavily implied because in that story arc, the only way for Superman and Batman to be transported to another dimension is for them to be killed.