Historically, in the warm Middle Eastern and Mediterranean climates, the courtyard served to accommodate the large number of worshippers during Friday prayers.

Historically, the Church of the East was the widest reaching branch of Eastern Christianity, at its height spreading from its heartland in Persian ruled Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean, India, and China.

Historically, the Castilian Kingdom and people were considered to be the main architects of the Spanish State by a process of expansion to the South against the Muslims and of marriages, wars, assimilation, and annexation of their smaller Eastern and Western neighbours.

Historically, Białystok has been a destination for internal and foreign immigration, especially from Central and Eastern Europe.

Historically, Dover hosted a farm team of the Philadelphia Phillies in the Eastern Shore Baseball League.

Historically, the Pequot spoke a dialect of the Mohegan-Pequot language, an Eastern Algonquian language.

Historically, the title comes from the Latin comes stabuli ( count of the stables ) and originated from the Eastern Roman Empire ; originally, the constable was the officer responsible for keeping the horses of a lord or monarch.

Historically, the Eastern Mongols regarded the Oirats as non-Mongols.

Historically, the term Greek Orthodox has also been used to describe all Eastern Orthodox Churches, since " Greek " in " Greek Orthodox " can refer to the Greek heritage of the Byzantine Empire.

Historically, because of the warm Mediterranean and Middle Eastern climates, the courtyard served to accommodate the large number of worshippers during Friday prayers.

Historically, Beaumont / Port Arthur was served by Eastern Airlines during the 1950's with Martin 4-0-4 and Convair 440 twin prop " Silver Falcon " airliners with flights to Houston as well as direct service to Baton Rouge and New Orleans via intermediate stops en route in Lake Charles, LA and Lafayette, LA.

Historically log cabin construction has its roots in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.

Historically, the Sami inhabited all of Northern Russia, Finland, and Eastern Karelia for a long time, though the Eastern Sami became assimilated into Finnish and Karelian populations after settlers from Häme, Savo, and Karelia migrated into the region.

Historically the Wakhan has been an important region for thousands of years as it is where the Western and Eastern portions of Central Asia meet.

The University has performed well in external rankings, having listed among the Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the Southern Region (# 31 ) and # 28 on the list of Best Historically Black Colleges and Universities by the U. S. News & World Report, tied with Alabama A & M University ( also in Huntsville ) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Historically, Eastern California has had strong ties to Nevada, with the exact boundary between the two states in some dispute.

Historically, the Bulldogs ' annual game with local rival Eastern Washington University was played here, but the rivalry has gone dormant due to the rise of the Zags ' program to major status in the early 2000s.

Historically, Lake Charles was served by Eastern Airlines during the 1950's with Martin 4-0-4 and Convair 440 twin prop " Silver Falcon " airliner flights to Houston via Beaumont / Port Arthur and also to Baton Rouge and New Orleans via Lafayette.

Historically, the mud bath treatment has been used for centuries in Eastern and Western European spas as a way to relieve arthritis.

Historically, statements on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church have claimed her ecclesiastical structures to be a fulfillment and replacement of Jewish ecclesiastical structures ( see also Jerusalem as an allegory for the Church ).

Historically, the ideal of Catholic political organization was a tightly interwoven structure of the Catholic Church and secular rulers generally known as Christendom, with the Catholic Church having a favoured place in the political structure.

Historically, the Roman Catholic Church denounced religious circumcision for its members in the Cantate Domino, written during the 11th Council of Florence in 1442.

Historically, some Catholic countries once persecuted Protestants as heretics.

Historically, Irish Guards officers were often drawn from British public schools, particularly those with a Roman Catholic affiliation, such as Ampleforth College, Downside School and Stonyhurst College.

Historically, Christian schools in Canada were run by private Protestant or Catholic organizations.

Historically a number of large houses were constructed, mostly with the appendage of ‘ Mount ’, reflecting the parish ’ s elevation, and their names are remembered today but no longer as houses: Mount Argus, ( church and monastery ) Mount Jerome ( cemetery ), Greenmount House ( the Hospice ), Mount Harold ( the Catholic Church ) and Mount Drummond and Mount Tallant ( Housing ).

Historically, the contemporary Flemish community ( or nation, as some Flemings see it ) grew out of the Catholic southern part of the medieval XVII provinces of the Low Countries.

Historically, many country clubs refused to admit members of minority racial groups, such as Black people, Asian Americans, and non-white Hispanic Americans, as well as members with specific faiths, such as Jewish or Catholic individuals.

Historically it forms part of the Kingdom of Ossory Kingdom of Osraige, and today it remains part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory, as such Rathdowney is not historically part of Laois.

Historically, Protestantism has defined the Body of Christ more broadly than the Catholic Church because of its emphasis on the individual's faith and encounter with the Bible ( Sola Fide ) and ( Sola Scriptura ).

Historically, much of the population of Miles Platting was of Irish Catholic or Italian descent, as evidenced by the large Corpus Christi Priory on Varley Street.

Historically Roman Catholic and proud to see a Scottish monarch on the throne, the Maclaines of Lochbuie, along with the MacLeans, fought on the side of the Royalists in the English Civil War against Oliver Cromwell and his Parliamentarians.

Historically, the establishment of Catholic schools in Europe encountered various struggles following the creation of the Church of England in the Elizabethan Religious settlements of 1558-63.

Historically, Christian churches have regarded homosexual sex as sinful, based on the Catholic understanding of the natural law and traditional interpretations of certain passages in the Bible.

Historically a Roman Catholic public school, St. Pat's was located less than one block from its rival non-denominational public school, Queen Elizabeth High ( QEH ).

Historically, Winthrop was also one of the first Harvard houses open to Catholic and Jewish students.

Historically, after the enactment of Catholic Emancipation in 1829, a great number of Catholics served in senior positions in the British empire of the 19th century, some of whom supported various forms of Irish home rule, while others did not.

Historically, First Communion was delayed until after an individual had completed catechism classes and been confirmed, but gradually the timing of First Communion shifted so that it was administered before Confirmation rather than after, following the Roman Catholic tradition.

Historically it was associated with the Jacobite movement until 1766, and with Irish nationalism after Catholic emancipation was secured in 1829.

Historically many Anglican Churches were Proprietary Chapels.

Historically, Churches of Christ in the United States were recognized as a distinct movement by the U. S. Religious Census of 1906.

Historically the territory where the Kingdom of Albania lay was subject to different metropolitan powers such as Tivar, Durrës, Ohrid and Nicopolis, where Catholicism, Greek, Serb and Bulgarian Churches applied their power interchangeably or sometimes even together.