One way to explain much of the confusion concerning Ammonius is to assume that there were two people called Ammonius: Ammonius Saccas who taught Plotinus, and an Ammonius the Christian who wrote biblical texts.

For example, he wrote: " They declare that Judas the traitor was thoroughly acquainted with these things, and that he alone, knowing the truth as no other did, accomplished the mystery of betrayal ; by him all things were thus thrown into confusion.

We can evidence historical confusion on this point from Abu Ma ' shar's subsequent remark “ It is sometimes said that the very learned man who wrote the book of astrology also wrote the book of the Almagest.

With Constantine ’ s supporters largely dealt with, Stephen wrote to the Frankish king, Pepin the Short, notifying him of his election, and asking for a number of bishops to participate in a council he was seeking to hold to discuss the recent confusion.

Götz Aly wrote, " The postponement followed, one could assert, the political confusion that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had caused.

The following year, in preparation for the Salon de la Section d ' Or, Metzinger and Gleizes wrote and published Du " Cubisme " in an effort to dispel the confusion raging around the word, and as a major defence of Cubism ( which had caused a public scandal following the 1911 Salon des Indépendants and the 1912 Salon d ' Automne in Paris ).

Winston Churchill wrote under the pen name Winston S. Churchill ( from his full surname " Spencer-Churchill " which he did not otherwise use ) in an attempt to avoid confusion with the American novelist of the same name.

Wells wrote in his 1909 semi-autobiographical novel Tono-Bungay, " Three energetic young men of the hooligan type, in neck-wraps and caps, were packing wooden cases with papered-up bottles, amidst much straw and confusion ".

Marchese ( 1989 ) notes the fact that many of these peoples were recruited as “ crew ” by European seafarers ; “ the homonymy with crew is obvious, and is at least one source of the confusion among Europeans that there was a Kru / crew tribe ” Andrew Dalby noted the historical importance of the Kru languages for their position at the crossroads of African-European interaction and wrote that “ Kru and associated languages were among the first to be encountered by European voyagers on what was then known as the Pepper Coast, a center of the production and export of Guinea and melegueta pepper ; a once staple African seaborne trade ”.

von Frentz wrote that " In Bydgoszcz, the event was probably caused by confusion among the rapidly retreating soldiers, a general breakdown in public order and panic among the Polish majority after two German air raids and the discovery of a small reconnaissance group of the German Army on the previous day.

Some confusion has been caused by a letter that Popkin wrote, in 1935, to an Australian official historian.

Phyllis Higinbotham, a nurse from Toronto who worked at the school for six years, wrote of the mountain peoples ' confusion over the role of a nurse, their penchant for calling on her over minute issues, and her difficulties with Appalachian customs:

Gilbert and Sullivan appeared to share this confusion when they wrote their operetta.

One of the Quakers later wrote, " While there was much noise and confusion without, all was quiet and peaceful within.

'< p >" Over three centuries later, Walter Hough ( 1912 ) wrote: ' There is a great confusion as to the identity of copal, the name, according to some writers, being used to cover a number of gums.

In an essay specifically explaining this scene, Andrew Bernstein wrote that although there is much " confusion " about it, the descriptions in the novel provide " conclusive " evidence that " Dominique feels an overwhelming attraction to Roark " and " desires desperately to sleep with " him.

Scott disagreed on the actor's effectiveness in The Recruit, the former noting that he was " extremely likable " whereas the latter wrote the actor " spends his time in a caffeinated frenzy, trying to maintain his leading-man sang-froid while registering panic, stress and confusion.

John Adams, who would succeed George Washington to become the new nation's second president, in his Thoughts on Government wrote that Paine's ideal sketched in Common Sense was " so democratical, without any restraint or even an attempt at any equilibrium or counter poise, that it must produce confusion and every evil work ".

By " forgetting " who is testifying on the stand and merely looking for statements like " I said ," " I wrote ," " I testified before that ," " The document says ," and the like, most confusion can be eliminated.

( The star was " lost in the confusion of a half hour filled with too many people and too much activity ," wrote Alan Havig.

This confusion of the two peoples is found also in Herodotus, who wrote that the Carians, when they were allegedly living amid the Cyclades, were known as Leleges.

Helaman wrote an epistle to the captain of the Nephite armies, Moroni, informing him of their success and expressing confusion that the government did not send more troops and support to the western front.

The story that he wrote a defence for Socrates, which the latter declined to use, probably arose from a confusion.

There is a great deal of confusion about Poirot's retirement.

" We had not got forty yards on our retreat ," remembered Captain Peter Drake, the Irish mercenary serving with the French – " when the words sauve qui peut went through the great part, if not the whole army, and put all to confusion "

* Canon 13 forbids the establishment of new religious orders, lest too great diversity bring confusion into the Church.

There were a great many rival Christian denominations holding very diverse opinions ; the atmosphere of dispute and confusion gave Fox an opportunity to put forward his own beliefs through his personal sermons.

The term Invertebrate generates a great deal of confusion among non-biologists ; it does not refer to any particular taxon in the same way that for instance Arthropoda, Vertebrata or Manidae do.

As a result, Inuit in different places use different words for its own variants and for the entire group of languages, and this ambiguity has been carried into other languages, creating a great deal of confusion over what labels should be applied to it.

Sergius demanded the re-ordination of the bishops consecrated by Formosus, who in turn had conferred orders on many other clerics, causing great confusion.

This resulted in a plethora of species and a great deal of confusion.

A recent biography of Vera Atkins, the intelligence officer for the French section of SOE, notes that that there was a great deal of confusion about what happened to Szabo-the story was revised four times-and states that the Sten gun incident " was probably a fabrication ".

There is great confusion about the identity of Margaret's parents, although Tubman indicated they were free blacks.

Although he contributed a great deal to European knowledge of Russia, he also contributed to a spelling confusion which did not emerge until the end of the 19th century and still causes disagreement: he recorded the spelling of tsar as czar.

For the casual observer, there can be a great deal of confusion when it comes to classifying closed-wheel racing cars as ' touring cars ' or ' sports cars ' ( also known as GT cars ).

At this point there was great confusion, with many people not knowing what to do, as Bryant was near the main exit.

The confusion amongst the Spanish fleet was so great that they were unable to use their guns without causing more damage to their own ships than to the British.

On 31 January, Bottomley sent a message to Portal saying a heavy attack on Dresden and other cities " will cause great confusion in civilian evacuation from the east and hamper movement of reinforcements from other fronts ".

The March of the Volunteers was restored by the National People's Congress in 1978, but with different lyrics ; however, these new lyrics were never very popular and caused a great deal of confusion.

These couple of years of reform however were accompanied by infighting in the administration and confusion regarding the direction of government. Vajpayee's weakening health was also a subject of public interest, and he underwent a major knee-replacement surgery at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai to relieve great pressure on his legs.

This caused a great deal of confusion which lasted from 1884 to 1888 when a petition was sent to the postal authorities to have the name changed back to Fruitland Park.

Atkins ' propulsive marching band-style drumming, the lack of bass and guitar, and Lydon's increasing lyrical abstraction made this LP a difficult listen for rock fans, and contemporary reviews expressed great confusion.

As a result of this there was great confusion on land possession and ownership.

Some scholars have proposed that the author took the list from a now-lost Old Welsh poem which listed Arthur's twelve great victories, based on the fact that some of the names appear to rhyme and the suggestion that the odd description of Arthur bearing the image of the Virgin Mary on his shoulders at Guinnion might contain a confusion of the Welsh word iscuit ( shield ) for iscuid ( shoulders ).

William Napier writes: " The Spaniards came on at a trot, and Sebastiani directed Paris, with a regiment of light cavalry and the Polish lancers, to turn and fall upon the right flank of the approaching squadrons, which being executed with great vigor, especially by the Poles, caused considerable confusion, with the Spanish general endeavored to remedy by closing to the assailed flank.

Still, lawsuits were filed between various groups and there was great confusion as to who actually owned the rights.

Still today there is a great deal of confusion about the names as one studies the historical record.