While David Kessler and Peter Temin consider ancient Rome to be the largest city before 19th century London and the first to have exceeded a population of over 1 million, George Modelski considers medieval Baghdad, with an estimated population of 1. 2 million at its peak, to be the largest city before 19th century London and the first with a population of over one million.

The Church considers the first seven Ecumenical Councils ( held between the 4th and the 8th century ) to be the most important ; however, there have been more, specifically the Synods of Constantinople, 879 – 880, 1341, 1347, 1351, 1583, 1819, and 1872, the Synod of Iaşi ( Jassy ), 1642, and the Pan-Orthodox Synod of Jerusalem, 1672, all of which helped to define the Orthodox position.

Geza Vermes also considers the " who was called Christ " reference in the James passage as the second reference to Jesus in the Antiquities and states that the first reference is likely to be the Testimonium.

It is the first to claim a film character who identifies as a lesbian, and film historian Vito Russo considers the film a complex treatment of a multifaceted character who is forced into silence about her openness by other lesbians.

The archaeology of shipwrecks can be divided into a three-tier hierarchy, of which the first tier considers the wrecking process itself: how does a ship break up, how does a ship sink to the bottom, and how do the remains of the ship, cargo and the surrounding environment evolve over time?

The Roman Catholic Church considers baptism, even for an infant, so important that " parents are obliged to see that their infants are baptised within the first few weeks " and, " if the infant is in danger of death, it is to be baptised without any delay.

Michael Freeden in his study Ideologies and Political Theory ( 1996 ) states that all socialists share five themes: the first is that socialism posits that society is more than a mere collection of individuals ; second, that it considers human welfare a desirable objective ; third, that it considers humans by nature to be active and productive ; fourth, it holds the belief of human equality ; and fifth, that history is progressive and will create positive change on the condition that humans work to achieve such change.

Several " tall, slim, black actors " auditioned for Worf before Michael Dorn came along, walking into the audition in character and not smiling ( Indeed, Michael Dorn found the seriousness of the role, especially during the audition, at first to be uncomfortable, since he considers himself a comedian at heart ).

" Cohen therefore considers it paradoxical " that the rise of early modern science was due at least in part to developments in Christian thought — in particular, to certain aspects of Protestantism " ( a thesis first developed as what is now sometimes called the Merton thesis ).

The general form of the TSP appears to have been first studied by mathematicians during the 1930s in Vienna and at Harvard, notably by Karl Menger, who defines the problem, considers the obvious brute-force algorithm, and observes the non-optimality of the nearest neighbour heuristic:

Penn considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, as well as the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.

Although Volvo was incorporated in 1915 as a subsidiary of AB SKF, a Swedish ball bearing manufacturer, the auto manufacturer considers itself officially founded on 14 April 1927, when the first car, the Volvo ÖV 4 series, affectionately known as " Jakob ", rolled out of the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg.

Heidegger's philosophy is founded on the attempt to conjoin what he considers two fundamental insights: the first is his observation that, in the course of over 2, 000 years of history, philosophy has attended to all the beings that can be found in the world ( including the " world " itself ), but has forgotten to ask what " being " itself is.

Whoever considers the Peruvian empire, where arts and industry flourished under one of the wisest systems of government, which was founded by a stranger, must have very sanguine expectations of the southern continent, from whence it is more than probable Mango Capac, the first Inca, was derived, and must be convinced that the country, from whence Mango Capac introduced the comforts of civilized life, cannot fail of amply rewarding the fortunate people who shall bestow letters instead of quippos ( quipus ), and iron in place of more awkward substitutes.

Since California considers “ all persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense … principals in any crime so committed ,” San Marin County Superior Judge Peter Allen Smith charged Davis with “ aggravated kidnapping and first degree murder in the death of Judge Harold Haley ” and issued a warrant for her arrest.

Tim Scholl, author of From Petipa to Balanchine, considers George Balanchine's Apollo in 1928 to be the first neoclassical ballet.

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera considers La Cilla ( music by Michelangelo Faggioli, text by F. A. Tullio, 1706 ) and Luigi and Federico Ricci's Crispino e la comare ( 1850 ) to be the first and last sightings of the genre, although the term is still occasionally applied to newer work ( for example Ernst Krenek's Zeitoper Schwergewicht ).

Carpenter has said that he considers Assault on Precinct 13 to have been his first real film because it was the first movie that he shot on a schedule.

For subsequences of length 2 and greater, it considers every possible partition of the subsequence into two parts, and checks to see if there is some production such that matches the first part and matches the second part.

In the first stage, called preanalysis, the MPO considers what problems and issues the region faces and what goals and objectives it can set to help address those issues.

However, Jaromir Malek considers " the main innovation of Unas ' pyramid, and one that was to be characteristic of the remaining pyramids of the Old Kingdom ( including some of the queens ), was the first appearance of the Pyramid Texts ".

Since the break the Church of England, an established national church, still considers itself part of the broader Western Catholic tradition as well as being the " mother church " of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

19 ), considers Palestine, with its original Mandate borders, as the indivisible homeland of the Arab Palestinian people ( 1-2 ), urges the elimination of Zionism in Palestine and worldwide ( Art.

The assembly cooperates with other parties and considers itself part of the worldwide social democratic movement.

The Mennonite World Conference considers that its mission is to ( 1 ) be a global community of faith in the Anabaptist-tradition, ( 2 ) facilitate relationships between Anabaptist-related churches worldwide, and ( 3 ) relate to other Christian world communions and organizations.

On a worldwide scale, the IUCN thus considers the common hill myna a Species of Least Concern.

Her father, the leader of a worldwide criminal empire, considers Batman the man most worthy to marry Talia and to become his heir.

The UK Rare Breeds Survival Trust also considers their status to be critical, with less than 300 breeding females registered worldwide.

Secular humanism considers all forms of religion, including religious Humanism, to be superseded.

" Presently, affirmative action expressed through Executive Order 11246 considers factors of " race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, considers the recanting of a person's religion a human right legally protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights:

Even if it is far more probable that Jordanes just introduced his own philosophical knowledge in the text, a lot of modern Romanian authors considers that Deceneus is a priest who reforms the Getae cult, changing Zalmoxis ' cult into a popular religion and imposing strict religious rules such as the restriction of wine consumption.

A Chaotic character considers religion and moral principles which are attached as secondary or even devoid of any significance and will deliver the worst abuses that morality condemns.

However, in 2005 he revealed that he's since strayed from organized religion, and now considers himself " a more spiritual-directed person.

When in 1969 he was invited to speak at the Second World Hindu Conference, despite the misgivings of some Hindu leaders, he used the occasion to raise controversy again, claiming that " any religion which considers life meaningless and full of misery, and teaches the hatred of life, is not a true religion.

Richard Dawkins points to religion as a source of violence ( notably in his book, The God Delusion ), and considers creationism a threat to biology.

In contrast to the Catholic University of Leuven, or the Freethinking University of Brussels, Ghent University considers itself a pluralist university in a special sense ( i. e. not connected to any particular religion or ideology, hence its motto Inter Utrumque or ' In Between Both Extremes ').

Regarding religion, Stone considers himself " ethnically Jewish ", on account of his mother's descent, but grew up agnostic, and has no other adherence to the religion, identifying himself as an atheist.

The Commission considers that the expression of an individual's religion in the French state has to comply with the basic rules regarding the secular nature of the state and has to comply with the requirements of equality between the sexes and the safeguarding of the rights of minors.

This chapter explores what Dawkins considers to be fallacies in astrology, religion, magic, and extraterrestrial visitations.

The official body of the Baha ' i Faith religion reacted by saying " While not officially endorsing the Earth Charter, the Baha ' i International Community considers the effort toward drafting it and activities in support of its essential objectives to be highly commendable, and it will continue to participate in related activities, such as conferences, forums and the like.

The THC Ministry, founded by Roger Christie from the Religion of Jesus Church, is a religion which considers cannabis to be a sacrament.

Judaism, unlike Christianity and Islam, is not an openly proselytizing religion: unlike Christianity, many of the followers of which maintain that belief in Jesus is a prerequisite for salvation, and Islam, which considers it imperative that each person practice Islam, Judaism teaches that the righteous of all nations have a place in the afterlife.

Anyone can become a member, without regard to nationality, social standing, religion, scientific or artistic conviction, who considers as justified the existence of an institution such as the Goetheanum in Dornach, in its capacity as a School of Spiritual Science.

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In this work, Maimonides, after refuting the propositions of the Motekallamin, considers Creation, the Unity of God, the Attributes of God, the Soul, etc., and treats them in accordance with the theories of Aristotle to the extent in which these latter do not conflict with religion.

The religion accepts the Apostles ' Creed, believes in the sacramental nature of Holy Communion and baptism, considers the Bible as the authority of the Word of God, the next coming of Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

He describes himself as an adamant atheist and considers theist religion to be indefensible.

As he considers Satan and the Devil to be “ in a lots of ways a bogeyman invented by the Christians ” to make people follow them, and “ started to look more into the old religion of Europe, and that ’ s sort of where my … my kind of personal beliefs lie really ”.

According to another Gallup poll, Hong Kong is the seventh least country which considers religion as an important part of their daily lives, with a follow rate of only 22 %.