Thus, over the past 1, 500 years, some Christians have used the term Arian to refer to those groups that see themselves as worshiping Jesus Christ or respecting his teachings, but do not hold to the Nicene creed.

“ Acts, then is a continuation of the Lucan Gospel, not in the sense that it relates what Jesus continued to do, but how his followers carried out his commission under the guidance of his Spirit .” Thus, part of the answer to the purpose of Acts is that Luke is writing to Theophilus, who is also mentioned in Luke 1: 3, in order to explain to him the occurrences that take place in the church that fulfill Jesus ’ promise to his disciples that “ you will be baptized with, the Holy Spirit not many days from now ” ( Acts 1: 5 ).

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, many understood Eutyches to be advocating Docetism, a sort of reversal of Arianism — where Arius had denied the consubstantial divinity of Jesus, Eutyches seemed to be denying his human nature.

Thus John asserts Jesus ' innate superiority over all divine messengers, whether angels or prophets.

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

" Thus the purported author is James, brother of Jesus, whom the text claims to be a son of Joseph from a prior marriage.

Thus to kiss an icon of Christ, in the Eastern Orthodox view, is to show love towards Christ Jesus himself, not mere wood and paint making up the physical substance of the icon.

Thus for iconoclasts the only true ( and permitted ) " icon " of Jesus was the Eucharist, which was believed to be his body and blood.

Thus in Greek Joshua is called " Jesus son of Naue " () to differentiate him from Jesus Christ.

Thus, in Surah 3: 52 of the Qur ' an, Jesus ’ disciples tell Jesus, " We believe in God ; and you be our witness that we are Muslims ( wa-shahad be anna muslimūn ).

Thus the Father did suffer and experienced all that Jesus did up to his death.

Thus, Unitarians contend that main-line Christianity does not adhere to strict monotheism but that they do, maintaining that Jesus was a prophet, and in some sense the " son " of God, but not God himself.

Thus, Matthew " invented " this verse to address the fate of Jerusalem as just punishment for its rejection of Jesus.

Thus the tradition of saying 150 ( or more ) Jesus Prayers every day began.

Thus, according to Orthodox theology, Jesus ' salvific work on the Cross has been accomplished, and the righteous departed in the Bosom of Abraham have been released from their bondage ; however, the Good News of the Resurrection has not yet been proclaimed to the living on earth ( this will occur during the Paschal Vigil ).

Thus Andrew Lloyd Webber created two popular musicals, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which filled traditional biblical stories with modern-day sensibilities ; and on a similar note, Catherine Hardwicke's The Nativity Story shows a field of maize-corn in a Nazareth farming scene.

Thus, all who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ, and can neither totally nor finally fall from the state of grace, but will persevere in their faith to the end, and be eternally saved.

Thus, Jesus expected believers to repent from slavery to their flesh's desires: " Woe to you, Korazin!

Thus Papias reports he heard things that came from an unwritten, oral tradition of the Presbyters, a " sayings " or logia tradition that had been passed from Jesus to such of the apostles and disciples as he mentions in the fragmentary quote.

Thus Jesus pities fallen man,

The book takes the term from Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, where it is used in the context of the often nauseating quality of existence.

Thus lubricant burning takes place in specialized facilities that have incorporated special scrubbers to remove airborne pollutants and have access to landfill sites with permits to handle the toxic ash.

Thus, a player who bids three and takes either two or four tricks will lose one point.

Thus God takes the very first step in salvation, preceding any human effort or decision.

Thus, sexual selection takes two major forms: intersexual selection ( also known as ' mate choice ' or ' female choice ') in which males compete with each other to be chosen by females ; and intrasexual selection ( also known as ' male – male competition ') in which members of the less limited sex ( typically males ) compete aggressively among themselves for access to the limiting sex.

Thus William Irwin Thompson suggest that " religion is the form spirituality takes in a civilization.

Thus, while Gandalf exerts a parental influence over Bilbo early on, it is Bilbo who gradually takes over leadership of the party, a fact the dwarves could not bear to acknowledge.

Thus, the most famous and iconic expression of the Brazilian Carnival takes place in the Rio Carnival, with samba schools parading in the Sambadrome (" sambódromo " in Portuguese ).

Thus, from the starting position, it takes little skill and no imagination to avoid losing, and nothing in the rules prevents games from being interminable.

Thus, the situation controls what type of rhetorical response takes place.

Thus the very popular MARITIME CYPRUS shipping conference which takes place every 2 years, attracting all the largest shipping companies of the world.

Thus, it takes about 2, 300 litres of corn to produce a tonne of glucose syrup, or 60 bushels ( 1524 kg ) of corn to produce one short ton.

Thus, there are a number of bilateral Dutch-Flemish international institutions, such as the Dutch Language Union or the institutions for the control of the river Scheldt, in which only Flanders takes part.

Thus, to Cārvākas, the step which the mind takes from the knowledge of something to infer the knowledge of something else, could be accounted for by the its being based on a former perception or by its being in error.

Thus, for example, groups have a signature containing two operators: the multiplication operator m, taking two arguments, and the inverse operator i, taking one argument, and the identity element e, a constant, which may be considered an operator that takes zero arguments.

Thus begins an epic adventure of survival and a quest for freedom that takes him across the Sahara desert to Mogadore, Morocco.

Thus, although he publicly opposes the Church as a Party duty, Peppone takes his gang to the church and baptizes his children there, which makes him part of Don Camillo's flock.

Thus it takes on a life of its own, encapsulated and resistant to correction.

Thus Eitri puts a pig's skin in the forge and tells his brother ( Brokkr ) never to stop blowing until he comes and takes out what he put in.

Thus, the key aspect of organizational learning is the interaction that takes place among individuals.

Thus a combination must be at least three moves long, but the longer it takes to recoup the initial sacrifice, the more impressive the combination.

Thus about 12000 car journeys takes place along part or all the rail track ; it is not considered credible that only 2. 5 % would be attracted on to the train.

Thus, if energy leaves a system by changing its form, it simply takes its system mass with it.

Thus, we can safely say that until an experiment takes all the factors into consideration and conducts a longitudinal assessment, Bandura ’ s hypothesis is still on the fence.