Thus, while it remains possible that the Babylonians and/or the Pythagoreans may perhaps have had the magic square of three before the Chinese did, more definite evidence will have to turn up from the Middle East or the Classical World before China can lose her claim to the earliest known magic square by more than a thousand years.

Thus Irenaeus provides the earliest witness to the assertion of the four canonical Gospels, possibly in reaction to Marcion's edited version of the Gospel of Luke, which Marcion asserted was the one and only true gospel.

Thus, for example, around 60 manuscripts are extant containing Welsh-language versions of the Historia, the earliest of which were created in the 13th century ; the old notion that some of these Welsh versions actually underlie Geoffrey's Historia, advanced by antiquarians such as the 18th-century Lewis Morris, has long since been discounted in academic circles.

Within the space of these tendencies there has developed a coherent critique of " orthodox Marxism " that includes not only a rejection of the concept of " the transition " but a reconceptualization of the process of transcending capitalism that has remarkable similarities to ( Peter ) Kropotkin's thinking on this subject ... Thus one of the earliest political tendencies within which this approach appeared after the Russian revolution of 1917 was that of " Council Communism " which saw the " workers councils " in Germany ( see Bavarian Soviet Republic ), or the soviets in Russia, as new organizational forms constructed by the people.

Thus the earliest translations of the Greek text of the stone show the translators still struggling with the historical context and with administrative and religious jargon.

Thus his earliest publications carried the name Theodor Wiesengrund-Adorno ; upon his application for US citizenship, his name was modified to Theodor W. Adorno.

Thus, though the College lays claim to few examples of neo-classical design, the College Library stands as one of the earliest examples of English neo-Gothic architecture.

Thus ' many psychoanalysts among Freud's earliest adherents did not resist the temptation to psychoanalyze poets and painters ( sometimes to Freud's chagrin '.

Thus, it is possible that church-sponsored schools taught by the readers existed in the earliest days of the congregations.

Thus founding the city of Kirkland in 1888, officially one of the earliest on the Eastside at the time, Kirk ’ s vision of a " Pittsburgh of the West " was beginning to take form.

Thus the earliest form of Obligation law derives out of what we would today call Delict.

Thus, Rohl is of the opinion that none of these three foundations of the conventional Egyptian chronology are secure, and that the sacking of Thebes by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in 664 BC is the earliest fixed date in Egyptian history.

Thus scholars generally think that the earliest Mahāyāna sūtras were mainly composed in the south of India, and later the activity of writing additional scriptures was continued in the north.

Thus, Joseph F. Smith ( ordained apostle 1866, added to the quorum 1867 ) became president of the church in 1901, because he was the living apostle who had become a member of the Quorum of the Twelve at the earliest date.

Thus, the culmination of the invention of the photograph was a break in art's history towards the challenge facing the artist-since the earliest known cave drawings-trying to replicate the scenes they viewed.

Thus if September 14 were a Sunday, September 24, 26 and 27 would be ember days, the latest dates possible ; with September 14 as a Saturday, however, the ember days would occur on September 18, 20 and 21-the earliest possible dates.

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

" 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 the Imperial Crown appears to be the earliest form of the miter crowns worn by the Holy Roman Emperors as a singular privilege of their imperial office.

Thus, the earliest phase of volcanic activity at Alba Mons probably involved massive effusive eruptions of low viscosity lavas that formed the volcano's broad, flat apron.

Thus from the earliest time the advowson was " appurtenant to " the manor, that is to say it appertained to the manor and was exercisable by the lord.

Thus, the synagogue in Kaifeng, China looked very like Chinese temples of that region and era, with its outer wall and open garden in which several buildings were arranged. Synagogue of the Kaifeng Jews | Kaifeng Jewish community in China The styles of the earliest synagogues resembled the temples of other sects of the eastern Roman Empire.

Thus the Euphrasian basilica is the earliest example of a triple-apsed church in Western Europe.

Thus the earliest image dissectors were very inefficient, and extremely bright illumination was required for it to be used effectively.

Thus, Hébert was among the earliest proponents of the " parcours " or obstacle course form of physical training, which is now standard in the military and has led to the development of civilian fitness trails and confidence courses.

Thus Virpiranta sees Efnisien as a Sun god and therefore the Welsh equivalent to Esus.

Thus, the unprofitable living gage fell out of use, but the dead gage continued as the Welsh mortgage until abolished in 1922.

Thus, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education ( NEWI ), Swansea Institute of Higher Education and Trinity College, Carmarthen ( who were all previously Associated Institutions ) along with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama ( which was previously a Validated Institution ) were admitted as full members of the university on 27 July 2004.

Thus, although Beli became a separate personage in medieval pseudohistory from Cunobelinus ( Welsh Cynfelyn, Shakespeare's Cymbeline ), he was generally presented as a king reigning in the period immediately before the Roman invasion ; his " son " Caswallawn is the historical Cassivellaunus.

Thus, " red dragon " in Welsh culture may refer to:

In July 1797 he wrote to Dr. Samuel Jones, " Thus having explored and charted the Missurie for 1, 800 miles and by my Communications with the Indians this side of the Pacific Ocean from 35 to 49 degrees of Latitude, I am able to inform you that there is no such People as the Welsh Indians.

Thus, goals scored in Serie A, the top Italian football league, will count for more than those scored in the weaker Welsh Premier League, its Welsh equivalent.

Note that merely having different " meanings " is not sufficient grounds to split a grapheme into several characters: Thus, the acute accent may represent word accent in Welsh or Swedish, it may express vowel quality in French, and it may express vowel length in Hungarian, Icelandic or Irish.

Thus Baptist churches on the frontier took cognizance of charges against their members of drunkenness, fighting, malicious gossip, lying, cheating, sexual irregularities, gambling, horse racing, and failure to pay just debts.

Thus `` America '', the most widely sung of the patriotic songs, was written by a New England Baptist clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith ( 1808-1895 ), while a student in Andover Theological Seminary.

Thus began a sojourn for the reformers among the Baptists within the Redstone Baptist Association ( 1815 – 1824 ).

Thus was constituted a church which still survives as the First Baptist Church in America.

Thus, the " Arab plan ", with court and hypostyle prayer hall, truly became a functional type with the construction of the Umayyad Mosque, or the Great Mosque of Damascus ( completed in 715 by caliph Al-Walid I ) on top of the ancient temple of Jupiter and in place of the basilica of St. John the Baptist, the most sacred site in the city.

Thus, members from other churches, even other Baptist churches, will be excluded from participating in the communion service.

Thus, in 1829, Smith and his associate claimed that the Aaronic Priesthood was given to him by John the Baptist, who was thought to have authority through the lineage of his father Zacharias, who was an Aaronic priest.

Thus John the Baptist is presenting himself as very lowly indeed.

Thus, Moses commission was to bring the law and that did not end with the death of Moses but with the death of John the Baptist.