Thus in 1936, Methodist Bishop James Baker, of the San Francisco Conference, released a poll of ministers showing 56 % opposed warfare.

Thus the secular power of the Bishop of Rome, i. e., the Pope, was reduced to one square mile, the smallest sovereign nation on earth ( as a result of the 1929 Lateran Treaty which established a Concordat between Vatican City and the nation of Italy ).

Thus a retired archbishop can only be considered a bishop ( though it is possible to refer to ' Bishop John Smith, the former Archbishop of York '), a canon or archdeacon is a priest on retirement and does not hold any additional honorifics.

Thus freed from feudal revolts, William confided the government to men trained in Maio's school, creating a triumvirate: the grand protonotary, Matthew of Ajello ; Count Sylvester of Marsico, who had inherited Maio's property ; and the Bishop Palmer of Syracuse, elect, but not consecrated.

Thus Barbara Harris was titled simply " Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts ".

Thus the town of Chanthaburi is the seat of a Bishop of Chanthaburi since 1944.

Thus it was held by Roland de Dinan, a Breton lord, in 1167 ; Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester before 1204 ; Theodoric the Teuton, a servant of King John, after 1204 ; William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, in 1217, and intermittently by the third and fourth Earls up to 1237 ; Simon de Steyland, the King's clerk, around 1237 ; John son of Geoffrey, described as " of the lands of the Bretons ", from 1240 ; Nicholas of Ely, Bishop of Winchester, from about 1272 ; and then by three successive queens: Queen Eleanor, Queen Margaret, and Queen Isabella, from 1280 until 1331.

Thus Bishop Georg von Polenz of Pomesania and Samland, who had converted to Lutheranism in 1523, took over and introduced the Protestant Reformation also in the ducal two thirds of Warmia diocese, territorially surrounding the actual prince-episcopal third.

Thus began what Bishop calls " the first ever transatlantic science fiction collaboration ", with all correspondence sent by post.

" Thus the two earliest versions of this story both put the onus for building the bridge on Robert the Bruce, and neither mention involvement by Bishop Cheyne.

Thus John Tong Hon became the Bishop of the diocese.

Thus the bishop of Winchester had a separate hundred called Kurwel Bishop, afterwards absorbed in Downton hundred ; the abbot of Damerham had that of Damerham ; and the Prior of St. Swithins that of Elstub, under each of which were included manors situated in different parts of the county.

Aloysius Cartagenas, a professor at the Seminario Mayor de San Carlos of Cebu, “ following Church tradition, the foundation event and date of University of San Carlos should be the decree of Bishop Romualdo Jimeno on 15 May 1867 ( turning over the seminary to the Congregation of the Missions ) and the first day of classes in the history of what is now USC is 1 July 1867, the day P. Jose Casarramona welcomed the first lay students to attend classes at the Seminario de San Carlos .” Thus, he says that San Carlos cannot claim to have descended from the Colegio de San Ildefonso founded by the Jesuits in 1595, despite taking over the latter ’ s facilities when the Jesuits were expelled by Spanish authorities in 1769.

Thus, “ Counselor to the Presiding Bishop ” should be considered a full priesthood office, but on account of such a term being rather cumbersome, it is generally avoided.

Thus, if an army is successful when commanded by Essex, and not successful when not commanded by Essex: and when it is more or less successful according to the degree of involvement of Essex as its commander, then it is scientifically reasonable to say that being commanded by Essex is causally related to the army's success.

Thus BMC, comprising Austin, Morris, MG, Riley and Wolseley was formed in 1952 and commanded a 40 % share of the British market.

Thus if God commanded us " to gratuitously inflict pain on each other " or to engage in " cruelty for its own sake " or to hold an " annual sacrifice of randomly selected ten-year-olds in a particularly gruesome ritual that involves excruciating and prolonged suffering for its victims ", then we would be morally obligated to do so.

Thus Gamala, on the eastern shore, was within the jurisdiction of Josephus, who commanded in Galilee ( BJ, II, xx, 4 ).

Thus, neither the view that Grokster is protected nor the view that Grokster is unprotected by Sony commanded a plurality of the Court.

Thus hath the Lord your God commanded you.

Thus, the nation had now also taken on the responsibility of the Church, which included paying the clergy and caring for the poor, the sick and the orphaned.

Thus the cry of his opponents may be heard: " The jewel of the clergy has become the toy of the laity.

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.

Thus, unordained monks, friars, nuns, and religious brothers and sisters are not part of the clergy.

Thus Norman came into use as a language of polite discourse and literature, and this fundamentally altered the role of Old English in education and administration, even though many Normans of the early period were illiterate and depended on the clergy for written communication and record-keeping.

Thus the Conservative movement recognizes the right of Jews to form such denominations, and recognizes their clergy as rabbis, but does not generally accept their decisions as valid.

Thus, it became necessary that the younger Richelieu join the clergy.

Thus, " minster " could apply to any church whose clergy followed a formal rule: as for example a monastery or a chapter ; or simply to a church served by a less formal group of clergy living communally.

Thus, an illiterate person who had memorized the appropriate Psalm could also claim the benefit of clergy, and Psalm 51 became known as the neck verse, because knowing it could save one's neck by transferring one's case from a secular court, where hanging was a likely sentence, to an ecclesiastical court, where both the methods of trial and the sentences given were more lenient.

Thus, the clergy needed to tell the people whether the full moon was the Easter moon or a false one, which they may have called a " betrayer moon " ( belewe moon ) after which people would have had to continue fasting for another month in accordance with the season of Lent.

Thus, medieval students were under the legal protection of the clergy, who protected them from physical harm.

Thus while the Catholic clergy was the mainstay of the anti-Jewish forces, the king, forced by the Protestant szlachta, remained at least in semblance the defender of the Jews.

Thus the native Galwegians and the Gaelic clergy of the province rose in revolt against the Scottish king.

Thus, it was not until 1471 that the Kingdom of the Algarve led to the Kingdom of the Algarves, due to increase of Portuguese possessions in Northern Africa, which were made as possessions of the Kingdom of the Algarve.

Thus, tanks and heavy artillery were used to forcefully suppress the anti-tank and machine-gun fire.

Thus, those who suppress it are worthy of punishment.

Thus, even though Xolair is administered with the purpose to suppress allergy ( including anaphylactic reactions ), it does not work immediately after injection.

Thus the pair will behaviorally and physiologically suppress the reproduction of the other members of the group.

Thus, having medications to suppress the immune system was essential.

Thus, the martyrdom may have occurred in the aftermath of Septimus Severus ’ s decrees of 202 that forbade conversion to Judaism and Christianity .< ref > Brent Shaw, “ The Passion of Perpetua ,” Past and Present 139, ( May 1993 ), JSTOR 30 < http :// www. jstor. org / stable / 651089 >, 10-11.

Thus, the Benedictbeurn Passion Play ( thirteenth century ) is still largely composed of Latin ritual sentences in prose and of church hymns, and, being designed to be sung, resembles an oratorio.

Thus, Jesus declares at the Last Supper that his own blood, poured out in his Passion and made really present in the Eucharist, reestablishes the bond of kinship between God and man.

Thus passages from St John appear in the special seasons of Advent and Lent, on Passion Sunday in all three years, throughout Holy Week, including Good Friday, on Easter Day as the first alternative Gospel, during most of the Easter season, on Pentecost and during the year in which St Mark's gospel is in use.

Thus, for instance, there is a similar penitential rite used by the Roman Catholic Church on Good Friday, officially called the rite of Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, but informally known, especially among Catholics who celebrate the Liturgy in accordance with the Tridentine discipline, as Mass of the Presanctified.