Though there are many important differences of interpretation and opinion of the Bible on which Christianity is based, Christians share a set of beliefs that they hold as essential to their faith.

Though there is a Christian occult tradition that goes back at least to Renaissance times, when Marsilio Ficino developed a Christian Hermeticism and Pico della Mirandola developed a Christian form of Kabbalism, mainstream institutional Christianity has always resisted occult influences, which are:

Though embedded within the texts of the New Testament, these creeds are a distinct source for early Christianity.

Though Christianity grow in the region under Olga's rule, Vladimir had remained a thoroughgoing pagan, taking eight hundred concubines ( besides numerous wives ) and erecting pagan statues and shrines to gods.

Though inspiration for this act might have come from the hostility his parents had shown the Jews in France ( his father was famous for his devout Christianity ) it was also an attempt to make himself popular in his new domains for the removal of usury.

Though a minority of scholars follow the Augustinian hypothesis, most scholars ( including Christians and non-Christians ) date the composition of the Christian gospels to between 70 and 100 CE, a time after Christianity had separated from Judaism ( and after Pharisaism emerged as the dominant form of Judaism ).

Though Christianity was allowed to grow until the 1610s, Tokugawa Ieyasu soon began to see it as a growing threat to the stability of the Shogunate.

Though Genghis was at first seen as a scourge of Christianity's enemies, he proved to be surprisingly tolerant of religious faiths among those subjects that did not resist the empire, and was the first East Asian ruler to invite clerics from three major religions ( Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism ) to a symposium so that he might learn more about their beliefs.

Though place-names show that Anglo-Saxon settlement was widespread in the territory, the limited spread of pagan burials, along with two eccles place-names that invariably identify Roman-British churches, suggests that Christianity survived the influx.

Though Thierry did not actually write romances, his conception of history recognized the dramatic element ( for instance, Les Martyrs dramatizes the clash of the Roman Empire with Early Christianity ).

Though the word proselytism originally referred to Early Christianity ( and earlier Gentiles ), it now refers to any religions ' or religious individuals ' attempts to convert people to their beliefs or even any attempt to convert people to another point of view, religious or not.

Though denied a paid teaching position at the University owing to his faith, he refused to convert to Christianity.

Though the Acta Pilati purports to be a report by Pontius Pilate containing evidence of Jesus Christ's messiahship and godhead, there is no record in early Christian lore of Pilate's conversion to Christianity.

Though he told his employer that he thought that slavekeeping was inconsistent with Christianity, he wrote the bill of sale.

Though many Christian Zionists believe that conversion of the Jews to Christianity is a necessary adjunct of the Second Coming or the End of Days, conversion of the Jews is not part of the theology of prominent Christian Zionists such as John Hagee and was not thought to be required by the nineteenth century restoration advocate William Eugene Blackstone.

Though in 1607 the monarchy declared itself bankrupt, Lerma carried out the ruinous measures for the expulsion of the Moriscos, Moors who had converted to Christianity, from 1609 – 14, a decision affecting over 300, 000 people.

Though not convert to Christianity, Narai agreed to allow the French troops to be stationed in Siamese ports.

Though The Satanic Bible is not considered to be sacred scripture in the way the Christian Bible is to Christianity, LaVeyan Satanists regard it as an authoritative text ; it has been referred to as " quasi-scripture.

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Though these stories are considered historically questionable by modern scholars, Christianity must have reached Armenia at an early date as persecutions against Christians in 110, 230, and 287 were recorded by outside writers Eusebius and Tertullian.

Though Infidels is often cited as a return to secular work ( following a trio of albums heavily influenced by born-again Christianity ), many of the songs recorded during the Infidels sessions retain Dylan's penchant for Biblical references and strong religious imagery.

Though his mother was the daughter of a rabbi, the family converted to Christianity.

Though the song is from the Christian era and features references to Christianity much of the symbolism is thought to be of heathen origin.

Though she sees no conflict between her priestess duties and Christianity, equating the " Virgin Queen of Heaven " with the Virgin Mary, she fears being burned as a witch if she is ever caught.

Though his father wanted him to continue his training as a goldsmith, he showed such a precocious talent in drawing that he started as an apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen in 1486.

Though some new cable car systems were still being built, by 1890 the cheaper to construct and simpler to operate electrically-powered trolley or tram started to become the norm, and eventually started to replace existing cable car systems.

Though their finances were tenuous, the Audubons started a family.

Though he had earned a degree in engineering, Anton started work as a sales representative ; soon, however, he began to contribute many important business ideas.

Though started in 1938, it only gathered steam in 1940 under new-broom chairman James L. Fly.

Though the Asian Financial Crisis struck in the late 1990s and left many crippled, the economy of the region has started to pick up again at a more sustainable rate as demand from the United States and People's Republic of China soar.

Though the coup of January 22 did not bode well for a genuinely democratic approval process for the new constitution ( and the French would have preferred going the " safe " way of approval by the rump-Assembly ) the plebiscite that started on March 17 ( in the usual form of elections in " primary " assemblies of about 100-500 voters ) had a reasonably democratic quality.

Though the act of placing the bombs was not recorded, just as the new tape was started, the bags were clearly visible.

Though he started writing his lyrics during his lower league days in Japan, it was not until 2006 that he released his first commercial single " Accepterais-tu ", a French song with lyrics that fit well with his present personal status — asking his loved one to marry him.

Though the current Pumpkin Festival is held at Juan Bautista de Anza Park in Calabasas, the original festival was meant to have taken place where, according to legend, a traveling wagon carrying pumpkins overturned and started the area's first pumpkin patch.

Though it started as a side branch from the original source tree Joy had created, tcsh is now the main branch for ongoing development.

Though too far from Portland to benefit much at first, recently Gaston has started to see new housing and an uptick in school registrations.

Though Swan had beaten him to this goal, Edison obtained patents in America for a fairly direct copy of the Swan light, and started an advertising campaign that claimed that he was the real inventor.

Though Pravda was officially started on 5 May 1912, which indeed also was the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, its origins traces back to 1903 when it was founded in Moscow by a wealthy railway engineer V. A Kozhevnikov.

Though their marriage started in conflict, Melisende mourned for him privately as well as publicly.

Though not natural, steel wool makes excellent tinder and can be started with steel and flint, or a 9 volt battery without difficulty.

Though Grassmann started the subject in 1844 with his Ausdehnungslehre, and re-published in 1862, his work was slow to find acceptance as ordinary linear algebra provided sufficient challenges to comprehension.

Though the blind Sandman angle was his first " major " feud in ECW, his later, years-long feud against Raven that started in April 1995 is arguably his most memorable.

Though Copeland's songwriting contribution was reduced to a couple of songs per album as Sting started writing more material, he continued to co-arrange all The Police's songs with his two bandmates.

Though the sets started out strictly as a collection of various coloured shapes, countless themes Fuzzy Felt sets became available through the years.

Though Hydro started off as a fertilizer producer and agricultural products was for a long time one of the companies major ventures, the agricultural division was in 2004 demerged into the independent company Yara International, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Though the group was not quite always as recognizable as other New York R & B acts when it first started, the Force M. D.

* Though construction on a temple was started at this site, it was never completed, due to the poverty and divisions among Strang's followers.