Furthermore, Wesley did not teach a salvation by perfection, but rather says that, " Even perfect holiness is acceptable to God only through Jesus Christ.

Even the Christian faith, which holds Christ to be identical to God, distinguishes between God the father and Christ the begotten son.

Even further, Christ is described by Paul elsewhere as a bondservant of the Father, though mysteriously coequal to the Father.

He sums up his deep conviction that salvation is by faith alone in Christ alone when he claims, " Even if a believer for all practical purposes becomes an unbeliever, his salvation is not in jeopardy … believers who lose or abandon their faith will retain their salvation.

Even at the end of his life he adhered to the non-Arian belief in the preexistence of Christ:

Even in 19th century North America, when by the decree of the President of the United States, Brigham Young, the Mormon hierarch and head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was appointed first Governor of the Utah Territory on 28 September 1851, this was called ( politically, not in law ) establishing a semi-theocratic ( theodemocratic ) form of government there ( until the Utah War ) as an imperium in imperio, within the limits of the republic.

Even as this broken bread was scattered over the hills, and was gathered together and became one, so let Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Thy kingdom ; for Thine is the glory and the power through Jesus Christ for ever ..

Origen did this in his Commentary on Matthew when he taught that “ Christ ’ s return signifies His disclosure of Himself and His deity to all humanity in such a way that all might partake of His glory to the degree that each individual ’ s actions warrant ( Commentary on Matthew 12. 30 ).” Even Origen ’ s milder forms of this teaching left no room for a literal millennium and it was so extreme that few actually followed it.

Even though it is no longer owned by the Brethren in Christ Church, Messiah continues to be influenced by its traditions primarily in the Anabaptist, but also the Pietist and Wesleyan holiness movements.

Even John Calvin, who rejected many Medieval ascetic practices and who favored doctrinal knowledge of God over affective experience, has Medieval influences, namely, Jean Gerson and the Devotio moderna, with its emphasis on piety as the method of spiritual growth in which the individual practices dependence on God by imitating Christ and the son-father relationship.

Even in Last Judgements Christ was now usually shown exposing his chest to show the wounds of his Passion.

Even though he was without a formal education, Mello was an eloquent preacher, using radio to spread his message, and his program, The Voice of Brazil for Christ, lasted on the air for two decades.

Even before the year 354, the Western Church had separated the celebration of the Nativity of Christ as the feast of Christmas and set its date as December 25 ; it reserved January 6 as a commemoration of the manifestation of Christ, especially to the Magi, but also at his baptism and at the wedding feast of Cana.

Even as the Jews bore the unleavened bread upon their heads out of Egypt through the desert () until they had crossed the Red Sea, after which they dedicated the bread to God, divided it amongst all their host, and having all eaten thereof, became ... terrible to their enemies, even so do we, saved by our Resurrected Lord from the captivity of that Pharaoh of the mind, the Devil, bear forth the blessed bread the Artos from the day of the Resurrection of Christ and, finally, having dedicated this bread to God, we eat of it and preserve it to the health of body and soul.

Furthermore, Wesley did not teach a salvation by perfection, but rather says that, “ Even perfect holiness is acceptable to God only through Jesus Christ .”

Even if the christological creative process leads one to displace Christ's central position in that history with something else, he says, that displacement itself is faithful and true to Christ.

Even the most effective scenes, those which precede the Crucifixion, are described by messengers ; almost two-thirds of the text are given to the descent from the Cross, the lament of Mary, and the apparition of Christ.

Even though previously he had torn up the Bible and was strongly opposed to Christ and Christianity, he developed a great love for the Lord Jesus Christ and an intense desire to read and study the Bible.

Even earlier, the British playwright and poet, Christopher Marlowe ( 1563 – 1593 ), was accused of atheism when a tract denying the divinity of Christ was found in his home.

Even some NASA employees doubted whether Kennedy's ambitious goal could be met.

Even Cosima doubted that it was wise.

Audio tapes of President Richard Nixon, in conversation with his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman in 1972, reveal that Nixon mused after seeing the photograph: " I'm wondering if that was fixed " After the release of this tape, Út commented, " Even though it has become one of the most memorable images of the twentieth century, President Nixon once doubted the authenticity of my photograph when he saw it in the papers on 12 June 1972 ....

Even if they do imply non-Greek originals, these accounts have been doubted, in part with an argument that the literary quality of the Greek of these books indicates that the Greek would be the original.

Even Isaji Tanaka, who on 13 October 1967 announced in front of the press that he had signed death warrant of 23 prisoners in one go, did not sign Hirasawa's death warrant, stating that he doubted Hirasawa's guilt.

Even some contemporary American technical journals doubted that such a high speed had been attained: " Many are disposed to receive with doubt the statement that on May 9 the locomotive No. 999 of the New York Central railroad ran at the speed of 100 miles an hour, or that on a subsequent date she ran a single mile in 32 seconds.

Even as she was telling me about it I became aware of a give-away flush that suffused her neck and moved upwards to her cheeks, and subconsciously I realized that when she entered the store she did not switch on the lights.

Even as he spoke those words Billy Tilghman's life hung on a thread.

Even on the fictional level, however, the contradictions which give rise to the mystery story are not fully resolved.

Even when he is called upon for impromptu remarks, he has notes written on the back of handy envelopes.

Even the first wave of homesickness had passed, although there were moments when Captain Heard pointed out on his compass the direction of Bradford that she felt a little twinge at her heart.

Even on his tough constitution, the exposure and strenuous activity were beginning to tell in earnest.

Even so Fosdick, as the new Chairman of the Commission on Training Camp Activities, encountered strong and vociferous opposition.

Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason -- I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our society has gone mad.

Even at this short distance they were only vague shapes, setting up the machine gun on a small knoll so that it could fire above the heads of the rest of the patrol.

Even though he would later be resurrected, he was at this moment dead indeed, the expression on his face reflecting what he had gone through on the cross.

Even `` America's most efficient builder '', Bob Schmitt of Berea, hopes to cut his labor costs another $2,000 per house as a result of the time-&-motion studies now being completed on his operation by industrial efficiency engineers from the Stanley Works.

Even more complex and obviously cortically induced forms of emotional arousal could be elicited in monkey A on seeing monkey B ( but not a rabbit ) in emotional stress.

Even the non-church members -- the freewheelers, marginal religionists and so on -- have the values of Christian civilization internalized in them.

Even though the registers may have an incomplete record of persons present in a particular area or include persons no longer living there, they contain precise information on ages, by date of birth, for some of the persons present ( especially children in relatively stable communities ) and supplementary information ( such as records of marital status ) for many others.

Even a hasty reader will easily find in it numerous blind spots, errors of fact and argument, important exclusions, areas of ignorance and prejudice, undue emphases on trivia, examples of broad positions supported by flimsy evidence, and the like.

Even though it was known that the Luftwaffe in the north was now being directed by the young and energetic General Peltz, the commander who would conduct the `` Little Blitz '' on London in 1944, a major raid on Bari at this juncture of the war was not to be considered seriously.

Even the mess sergeant, Bill Brown, a dapper, cocky transfer from an airborne division, went out on the range.

Even then, as you go into the house oppressed by the knowledge that something is cooking and that your house has passed under this unaccountable, official control, could you go on forgetting that you still had that ridiculous hat on your head and you were still carrying that childish horn in your hand??

Even with words coming too fast, they came on the music of the voice.

Even from where he stood he could see the neatly folded blanket that he had spread over Burton, the pillow, the sheet of paper on top of it.

Even the bellboys on their bench were listening.

`` Even on the basis of 154 games, this is the ideal situation '', insists Hank Greenberg, now vice-president of the Chicago White Sox.