Thus, writing to St. Jerome, St. Augustine said, " If that opinion of the creation of new souls is not opposed to this established article of faith let it be also mine ; if it is, let it not be thine.

Thus, by the doctrinal works he published, Tertullian became the teacher of Cyprian and the predecessor of Augustine, who, in turn, became the chief founder of Latin theology.

Thus Augustine of Hippo was aware of the iconic gesture of Harpocrates:

Thus, in sharp contrast to the chapel dedicated to St. Gregory and St. Augustine which contains vibrant mosaics, the chapel of the Holy Souls employs a more subdued, almost funereal style, decoration with late Victorian on a background of silver.

Thus, it is believed by some authors he promoted Latin sacred music for use during the eucharistic worship and composed a number of liturgical hymns, among which some twentieth-century scholars number the major Latin Christian hymn of praise, Te Deum, traditionally attributed to Saints Ambrose and Augustine.

Thus he was a key figure in the Birmingham campaign that led to the initiation of the law, and the St. Augustine campaign that finally brought it into being.

" Thus did Augustine understand that man would never penetrate to the depths of the mystery of God.

Thus Ockham argued that " Socrates has wisdom ", which apparently asserts the existence of a reference for " wisdom ", can be rewritten as " Socrates is wise ", which contains only the referring phrase " Socrates ".

Thus, it has been argued that a voucher system would lead students who do not belong to a preferred religious or ethnic group, or those with disabilities, to become concentrated within the public school system.

Thus, since the 19th century many historical Jesus scholars have argued that only one of the two traditions could be authentic.

Thus, Boyarin has argued that " Jewishness disrupts the very categories of identity, because it is not national, not genealogical, not religious, but all of these, in dialectical tension.

Thus saying it could create that which it doesn't already know makes absolutely no sense as there is nothing that such an argued for being would not already know.

Thus, Gosse argued that the fossil record — even coprolites — might also be evidence of life that had never actually existed but which may have been instantly formed by God at the moment of creation.

Thus, it could be argued that it caused or was itself part of a " paradigm shift " in the history and sociology of science.

Thus several psychologists such as Howe have argued against the existence of innate talent, while in neuroscience there have been debates that the brain functions with Mass action, rather than by a series of interacting mechanisms – for instance by Karl Lashley and others.

Thus, some have argued, as time passes, these deep storage areas have the potential to become " plutonium mines ", from which material for nuclear weapons can be acquired with relatively little difficulty.

Thus, Stanley Diamond argued that when the term " cultural relativism " entered popular culture, popular culture coopted anthropology in a way that voided the principle of any critical function:

Thus some authors have argued for a new classification based purely on phylogeny, disregarding the anatomy and physiology ( see below ).

Thus, Christian right leaders have argued that the Establishment Clause does not prohibit the display of religion in the public sphere.

Thus, as the Pharisees argued that all Israel should act as priests, the Rabbis argued that all Israel should act as rabbis: " The rabbis furthermore want to transform the entire Jewish community into an academy where the whole Torah is studied and kept .... redemption depends on the " rabbinization " of all Israel, that is, upon the attainment of all Jewry of a full and complete embodiment of revelation or Torah, thus achieving a perfect replica of heaven.

Thus, it is argued that the domains are to a large extent expressions of the condition of the general processes.

Thus Grosseteste concluded, following very much in what Boethius had argued, that mathematics was the highest of all sciences, and the basis for all others, since every natural science ultimately depended on mathematics.

Thus, he argued, leaders need to work on their inner psychology.

Thus, commentators such as Matei Călinescu and Carmen Muşat have also argued that a main characteristic of Eliade's fantasy prose is a substitution between the supernatural and the mundane: in this interpretation, Eliade turns the daily world into an incomprehensible place, while the intrusive supernatural aspect promises to offer the sense of life.

Thus he argued that the soul was a material substance, and that this was proved ( a ) by the circumstance that not only bodily qualities, but also mental capacity, are transmitted by ordinary generation from parent to child ; and ( b ) by the sympathy of the soul with the body seen in the fact that, when the body is struck or cut, the soul is pained ; and when the soul is torn by anxiety or depressed by care, the body is correspondingly affected.

Thus, it could be argued that it caused or was itself part of a " paradigm shift " in the history and sociology of science.

Thus it can be argued that the most basic and general definition of price is that expressed in money, and that the exchange ratio between two goods is simply derived from the two individual prices.

Thus it has been argued that such studies, employing macroscopic observational methods, have sometimes missed or even misidentified the vomeronasal organ .< sup ></ sup >

Thus it could be argued that, while those who follow Phillipson see choices about language as externally imposed, the other camp sees them as decisions made by individuals.

Thus Calvin argued that Jesus was exempt from original sin because he was sanctified at the moment of birth so that his generation was without blemish ; as generation has been blemishless before the fall of Adam.

Thus the image of God is that which makes a man a man and not an oyster ; ;

Thus, from the human body, the usual form assigned to the Deity, forasmuch as it is written that God created man in his own image, issue the two supporters, Nous and Logos, symbols of the inner sense and the quickening understanding, as typified by the serpents, for the same reason that had induced the old Greeks to assign this reptile for an attribute to Pallas.

Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven.

" Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

" Thus declaring that the burnt offering of both animals and humans ( which may have been practiced in Judah under Kings Ahaz and Manasseh ) is not necessary for God.

Thus, as church founder Joseph Smith, Jr. explained, the church believes the Bible to be the word of God " as far as it is translated correctly.

The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped … Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations … Thus the Lord my God will come, and all the saints with you .” 14: 2-5 In Matthew, Jesus says, " The sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Thus Jesus takes a firm stand on the permanence of marriage in the original will of God.

Thus, he implicitly emphasized that it is God-made (" God has joined together "), " male and female ," lifelong (" let no one separate "), and monogamous (" a man ... his wife ").

Thus usage of any form of contraception, in vitro fertilization, or birth control besides Natural Family Planning is a grave offense against the sanctity of marriage and ultimately against God.

Thus, as an ethnic religion, Judaism holds that others may have their own, different, paths to God ( or holiness, or " salvation "), as long as they are consistent with the Seven Laws of Noah.

Thus, it is easier to state what God is not, than to state what God is:

Thus, contemplation forever produces a mystified, imperfect knowledge of God.

Second, the message begins with " Thus says YHVH, God of your father David ..." rather than the more usual "... in the name of YHVH the God of Israel.

Thus when God doth work, who shall let ( i. e. prevent ) it?

Thus accounts such as that of the miraculous " Image Not Made by Hands ", and the weeping and moving " Mother of God of the Sign " of Novgorod are accepted as fact: " Church Tradition tells us, for example, of the existence of an Icon of the Savior during His lifetime ( the " Icon-Made-Without-Hands ") and of Icons of the Most-Holy Theotokos immediately after Him.

Thus, although there is an esoteric tradition in Judaism ( Kabbalah ), Rabbinic scholar Max Kadushin has characterized normative Judaism as " normal mysticism ", because it involves everyday personal experiences of God through ways or modes that are common to all Jews.

Thus, Judaism views Muslims as righteous people of God.

Thus, God caused a plant to grow where Jonah was lying to provide shade and comfort for him.

Thus, Muhammad, by saying this, clearly made it a point to the Arabs to not make any distinction between the great apostles of God.

Thus in 1992, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, while affirming that " the Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude ", but also stating that " God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments ", stated: " As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them.

Thus literate lay defendants often also claimed the right to benefit of clergy ; furthermore, as the Biblical passage used for the literacy test was always Psalm 51 ( Miserere mei, Deus ...-" O God, have mercy upon me ..."), an illiterate person who had memorized the psalm could also claim benefit of clergy.