Though his sources on Gnosticism were secondary, since the texts in the Nag Hammadi library were not yet widely available, Eric Voegelin ( 1901 – 1985 ), partially building on the concept of gnosis as used by Plato and the followers of Gnosticism, along with how it was defined by Hans Jonas, defined the gnosis of the followers of Gnosticism as religious philosophical teachings that are the foundations of cults.

Though Burrough's novels suggest that the Mahar realm is limited to one relatively small area of the inner world, John Eric Holmes ' authorized sequel Mahars of Pellucidar indicates there are other areas of Mahar domination.

Though all knowledge about Anne's experiences in the French court are conjecture, even Eric Ives, in his latest edition of the biography, conjectures that she was likely to have made the acquaintance of King Francis I's sister, Marguerite de Navarre, a patron of humanists and reformers.

Though not formally credited on the album, Eric Clapton played lead guitar on Harrison's " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ".

Though Eric ’ s own friends are rarely seen or mentioned, he develops a closeness with Cory and his friends.

Though names from Big Daddy Kane and the Wu-Tang Clan to Eric B. and K-Solo were mentioned, the label would never be formed ; three days later, Tupac, Knight and others were caught on surveillance camera at the MGM Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas assailing gang member Orlando Anderson who was a Southside Crip ( which was rumored to provide security for Bad Boy Entertainment artists ).

Though privately expressing doubts about the signing, club captain Eric Westwood, a Normandy veteran, made a public display of welcoming Trautmann by announcing, " There's no war in this dressing room ".

Though other band members have come and gone, Adam and Eric have been with the band since its formation.

Though they are not at war, Captain Eric Finlander ( Widmark ) harries his prey mercilessly, while civilian photojournalist Ben Munceford ( Poitier ) and NATO naval advisor, Commodore ( and ex-World War II U-boat captain ) Wolfgang Schrepke ( Portman ), look on with mounting alarm.

Though he was eventually backed by Niels, Magnus found himself in a civil war against Lavard's half-brother Eric Emune.

Though physically weak, Eric can show a surprising amount of courage and even physical power when necessary.

Though the liner notes credit Homme and Eric Valentine with producing the majority of the album – including " No One Knows " – Homme credits Valentine with merely recording the beginning of the album for contractual reasons.

Though a romantic relationship between Donna and Hyde was never established, Hyde initially liked Donna and would have been interested in her if Eric had not kissed her first ( as stated in the episode " It's a Wonderful Life ").

Though long familiar to locals, it was famously visited in 1947 by English mountaineer Eric Shipton, while he was traveling between Tashkent and Kashgar-and made known to the West in his book Mountains of Tartary.

Though his birth and death dates are uncertain, he is registered working in Antwerp from 1544 to 1555 and in Sweden between 1556 and 1566, where he became court painter to Eric XIV of Sweden.

Though Red often puts his own son down because he wants him to " be a man like himself ," it cannot be denied that Eric is merely a younger version of his father in the sense that both have a very dry sense of humor and tend to be the sanest persons in their respective circles of friends.

Though often blamed on the bishop, it is quite possible that the move was orchestrated by the queen's adoptive son, Eric of Pomerania.

Though Eric Stuart said they didn't dub it at all, Rachel Lillis confirmed in an interview that 4Kids did dub the episode into English and this contradicts Stuart's confirmation.

Though the thugs get away, Hank recognizes the tattoo of the man who shot Charlie, whose name he learns is Nash ( Eric Roberts ).

Though Eric appeared to have no control over his actions while in werewolf form and typically retained no memory of them afterward, he seemed to prey almost exclusively on villainous characters, never attacking or killing an innocent person.

Though Carmen lay comfortably in her range, she nevertheless sang major soprano roles, best known of which were Donna Anna, Manon, Nedda, Desdemona, Cio-Cio-San, Mimi, Violetta and Mélisande.

Though Jay is easily floored, the Shade proves difficult to defeat ( as he is technically not a " hero ", meaning Prometheus has no file on how to stop him ), and ultimately ends up stopping Donna Troy from killing the supervillain after he has been beaten into submission.

Though will find out later that Hime's niece Donna is getting married to Anton and is pregnant with his baby.

Though when they see each other again they resolve old issues and Anton says that he would like to start over yet, Esperanza doesn't want to hurt Donna, only to realizes too late that she wants to fight for their love.

Though the Virginia Plan was an outline rather than a draft of a possible constitution, and though it was extensively changed during the debate ( especially by John Rutledge and James Wilson in the Committee of Detail ), its use at the convention led many to call Madison the " Father of the Constitution ".

Though he did not call them noble, Dr. Rae, who had lived among the Inuit, defended them as “ dutiful ” and “ a bright example to the most civilized people ”, comparing them favorably with the undisciplined crew of the Franklin expedition, whom he suggested were ill treated and " would have mutinied under privation ", and moreover with the lower classes in England or Scotland generally.

Though today we call most Greek religious buildings " temples ," the ancient pagans would have referred to a temenos, or sacred precinct.

Though Charles remained nonchalant, the deadlock led some royalists to call for a coup, and prominent liberals for a tax strike.

Though this adds an extra jump over the cost of an intra-module call resulting in a performance penalty, it provides a key benefit: The number of memory pages that need to be copy-on-write changed by the loader is minimized, saving memory and disk I / O time.

Though strictly not musical, the Muslim call to prayer ( azan ) is always chanted by tenors, possibly due to the highly placed resonance of the tenor voice which allows it to be heard from a longer distance than baritones or basses during pre-amplification times.

Though the Bulls were swept, Jordan recorded a playoff single-game record 63 points in Game 2 ( which still stands to this day ), prompting Bird to call him ' God disguised as Michael Jordan.

Though Killigrew was not officially a jester, Samuel Pepys in his famous diary does call Killigrew " The King's fool and jester, with the power to mock and revile even the most prominent without penalty " ( 12 February 1668 ).

Though the adults call off the trip, the younger heroes sneak out at night and end up on Earth which is overrun with Sentinels.

Though few notables and celebrities call Crowell home there remain some worth mention.

Though man ought to be penitent every day ( Mishna Avoth Chap 2, 10 ; Talmud Shabbath 153a ), the first ten days of every year are the acceptable time announced by the prophet ( Isaiah 55: 6 ): " Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near " ( Talmud Rosh Hashan 18a ; Mishneh Torah Teshuva 2: 6 ).

Though for years private polling companies and several news media published polls predicting Arias would win by a wide margin, the election was initially deemed too close to call.

Though it went somewhat less far than the UFA would have liked — for example, it made no provision for recall of elected officials — it did allow for Albertans to call a referendum directly by submitting a petition including the names of eligible voters totalling ten percent of the votes cast in the previous provincial election, including at least eight percent in each of eighty-five percent of the province's ridings.

Though Haultain wanted the new provinces to be governed on the same non-partisan basis as the Territories had been, it was expected that the Liberal Laurier would recommend a Liberal to serve as Lieutenant-Governor, and it was further assumed that the Lieutenant-Governor would call on a Liberal to form the new province's first government.

Though it would be incorrect to call it a modal system, the Arabic system is more complex than that of the Ancient Greek harmoniai.

Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs Europe in October, and in recent editions has had either 9 or 10 legs, with in-port races at many of the stopover cities.

Though he sometimes has to call in a plasterer when Vimes is particularly angry, Vetinari doesn't worry about it — a sign that he intentionally angers Vimes so as to goad him into a desired action.

Though his impassioned call to his contemporaries to return to " Zion " might be received with indifference, or even with mockery ; his own decision to go to Jerusalem never wavered.

who comes at the voice of the poor in distress, who gives breath to him who is wretched .. You are Amun, the Lord of the silent, who comes at the voice of the poor, when I call to you in my distress You come and rescue me ... Though the servant was disposed to do evil, the Lord is disposed to forgive.

Though General Halder's notes did not record any mention of Jews, the German historian Andreas Hillgruber argued that because of Hitler's frequent contemporary statements about the coming war of annihilation against " Judeo-Bolshevism ", his generals would have understood Hitler's call for the destruction of the Soviet Union as also comprising a call for the destruction of the Jewish population therein.

Though he regarded Tony and the entire New Jersey crime family as nothing more than a " glorified crew " in private, Lupertazzi did show some respect for Tony as a man, at one time saying he would be proud to call Tony his own son ( right in front of his real son, Little Carmine ).

Though the sixth Sunday of Lent has never officially been given the exact name " Passion Sunday " and though the term " Palm Sunday " is given first place in its present official name, some prefer to call it " Passion Sunday ".

Though Salomon thereafter began to call himself king, he was not king in any official capacity, as an eleventh-century historian at Redon monastery wrote:

Though many radio stations use their call sign ( either full or partially ) in their branding, the full call sign must always be used in the legal ID.