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.

Thus far the only people who have been attested with a high level of genetic, historical, linguistic and cultural research to be the descendants of the ancient Mesopotamians are the Assyrian Christians of Iraq and its surrounding areas in north west Iran, north east Syria and south eastern Turkey.

Thus, Abraham, Moses, David, and all Christians today are saved by the same faith.

Thus, he assures, there is no reason to mourn the death of fellow Christians, and to do so is to show a shameful lack of faith.

Thus he does not scruple to declare that Socrates and Heraclitus were Christians ( Apol., i. 46, ii.

Thus, Malaysia's population consists of 60. 4 % Muslims, 6. 4 % of Hindus and 9. 1 % of Christians ; the respective figures for Mauritius are 16. 6 %, 52 % and 30 %.

Thus, while there was a good measure of debate in the Early Church over the New Testament canon, the major writings are claimed to have been accepted by almost all Christians by the middle of the 3rd century.

Thus, for Christians, Christ himself is the only high priest, and Christians have no priesthood independent or distinct from participation in the priesthood of Christ, the head of the Church.

Thus, the derogatory meaning of the word " myth " is the traditional Christian meaning, and the expression " Christian mythology ", as used in academic discourse, may offend Christians for this reason.

Thus rationalizing the criticism that the Qur ' an would direct towards the main corpus of Jews ( and Christians ) for not accepting the concept of Qibla, particularly that of Kaaba.

Thus Isdigerd alternately oppressed both Zoroastrians as well as Christians and earned the disaffection of both the parties.

Thus Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving that English Christians were expected to do prior to receiving absolution immediately before Lent begins.

Thus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christians from Manchuria, North China, India and Persia joined Genghis Khan long before his foreign conquests.

Thus, the Muslim leaders were historically opposed to the idea of independence, which meant the incorporation of Muslim areas into a political system dominated by Christians.

Thus, anti-communist Christians do not see this event as one supporting the practice of compulsory communism, but as a warning against lying to God or believing that one can deceive him.

" Thus, amongst Christians, fallen angels have been associated with the term “ cast out ”.

Thus both Jesus and the apostolic Scriptures admonish Christians to bring forth the works of love.

Thus would arise the confusion between Christians and Cretins.

Thus, Correspondence, for Swedenborgian Christians, shares a link with alchemy, and the " as above, so below " principle.

Thus it permits Eastern Christians who are not in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church ( Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy and Assyrian Church of the East ) to receive Communion from Roman Catholic ministers, if they request it of their own accord and are properly disposed, and it applies the same rule also to some Western Churches that the Holy See judges to be in a situation similar to that of Eastern Christians with regard to the sacraments.

Thus it was inevitable that the very earliest Christians also expected the imminent return of Christ to also occur during their Passover celebrations.

( Thus Christians are instructed to " let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Thus Jerome acknowledged the principle by which the canon was settled — the judgment of the Church, rather than his own judgment or the judgment of Jews, though he wondered why one would sanction the version of a heretic and judaizer.

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, at a general level, there is a large degree of uniformity amongst all Orthodox Jews.

Thus Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews may choose to follow the opinion of the Ben Ish Chai when it conflicts with the Shulchan Aruch.

Thus, the term " Jews " in the Gospel is applied to those who deny the resurrection and believe that the disciples stole Jesus's corpse.

Thus the great messiah king whom the Jews are still waiting for has indeed now returned to earth, according to the Rastas.

Thus, Emet Ve-Emunah affirms belief in God and in God's revelation of Torah to the Jews ; however it also affirms the legitimacy of multiple interpretations of these issues.

Thus, although Modern Orthodox Jews find all non-Orthodox forms of Judaism to be wrong, the non-Orthodox movements are not considered to be inherent antagonists ; rather they are perceived to be competitors offering a faulty product, so to speak.

Thus Orthodoxy should work together on some issues with non-Orthodox Judaism, and it is far better for Jews to be members of non-Orthodox Judaism than to assimilate and not be religious Jews at all.

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, for example, the Conservative movement typically does not accept Reform converts to Judaism whose conversions did not meet the requirements of Jewish law as being Jews.

Thus, prosperity and comfort seemed to be dawning anew for the Jews.

Thus Birobidzhan was important for propaganda purposes as an argument against Zionism which was a rival ideology to Marxism among left-wing Jews.

Thus, many Jews feel that this document is white-washing Christian responsibility for the Holocaust.

Thus, what some refer to as the " golden age " for Jews began.

Thus, his opposition was based on a practical fear of Jews turning to the false messianism of Napoleon as he saw it.

Thus the English Jews, by an act of omission, as it were, became full citizens, subject to no more disabilities than those inherent in their own unwillingness, like Catholics and Nonconformists, to belong to the Church of England or, in their particular case, to swear Christian oaths.

Thus philo-Semitism, and similarly anti-Semitism, are rather new perceptual terms used by Jews to describe their perceptual relationship to the views of non-Jews ( both in their common society and abroad ).

Thus, the Jews of Algeria came to be considered part of the Pied-Noir community.

Thus when the knights of the First Crusade came to siege Jerusalem, one of Dolberger's family members rescued Jews in Palestine and carried them back to Worms to repay the favor.

However, he commented: " Only lately some well-to-do men came forward and purchased three copies of my code Mishneh Torah which they distributed through messengers ... Thus the horizon of these Jews was widened and the religious life in all communities as far as India revived.

Hohmann states: " Thus one could describe Jews with some justification as a nation of perpetrators ... Judged by these facts, it would feel justified to call the Jews a people of ' perpetrators '.