Thus, while altruistic persons may under some circumstances be outcompeted by less altruistic persons at the individual level, according to group selection theory the opposite may occur at the group level where groups consisting of the more altruistic persons may outcompete groups consisting of the less altruistic persons.

Thus the only member churches of the present Anglican Communion existing by the mid-18th century were the Church of England, its closely linked sister church, the Church of Ireland ( which also separated from Roman Catholicism under Henry VIII ) and the Scottish Episcopal Church which for parts of the 17th and 18th centuries was partially underground ( it was suspected of Jacobite sympathies ).

Thus he prohibited the application of torture to children under fourteen years, though this rule had exceptions.

Thus arose the first monastic community, consisting of anchorites living each in his own little dwelling, united together under one superior.

Thus, a court officer taking possession of goods under a court order may use force if reasonably necessary.

Thus, there was seen a need for a new law that would ensure the continuance of the succession following the death of the last legal heir under the Bill of Rights, being Princess Anne, guaranteeing the line of succession would continue in the Protestant line, and excluding any possible claims by the deposed James II or his son and daughter, James Francis Edward and Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart.

“ 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 ).

Thus, small minority parties cannot easily enter the Bundestag and prevent the formation of stable majority governments as they could under the Weimar constitution.

Thus, departments carrying the name " biostatistics " may exist under quite different structures.

Thus, a single " rule ," like mapping every real number x to x < sup > 2 </ sup >, can lead to distinct functions and, depending on whether the images under that rule are understood to be reals or, more restrictively, non-negative reals.

" 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, under Elizabeth, a more permanent enforcement of the Reformed religion was undertaken, and the 1552 book was republished in 1559, scarcely altered.

Thus, under the circumstances of food chain disruption previously mentioned, non-avian dinosaurs died

Thus, utilities to format, read, and write 1581-format disks in standard PC floppy drives under Linux or Microsoft Windows exist.

Thus short-handed, Kidd sailed for New York City, capturing a French vessel en route ( which was legal under the terms of his commission ).

Thus in A v United Kingdom, the Court dismissed a claim that a derogation lodged by the British government in response to the September 11 attacks was invalid, but went on to find that measures taken by the United Kingdom under that derogation were disproportionate .< ref >

Thus a statement of the form is said to be true, under a particular interpretation, if there is some object in the domain of discourse of that interpretation that satisfies the predicate that the interpretation uses to assign meaning to the symbol Phil.

Thus Mussolini claimed that Italy under Fascist rule was not capitalist in the contemporary use of the term, which referred to supercapitalism.

Thus, if there is no alternate rationale for prosecuting some people more harshly for the same crime based on who the victim is, then different defendants are treated unequally under the law, which violates the United States Constitution.

Thus, Jainism became a vital force under the Mauryan Rule.

Thus, union density provides a rough picture of union membership only ; it does not account for the circumstance that in some countries, also many persons under education, many unemployed persons, many retired persons and / or many persons who had to leave work due to occupational injuries may also be union members.

But this group found it increasingly difficult to prove that they were not labourers because the 1882 act defined excludables as ‘ skilled and unskilled labourers and Chinese employed in mining .’ Thus very few Chinese could enter the country under the 1882 law.

Thus the Luftwaffe's reliance on tactical mid-range, twin engined medium bombers and short range dive-bombers was a rational option under these circumstances.

Thus Euclidean geometry corresponds to the choice of the group E ( 3 ) of distance-preserving transformations of the Euclidean space R < sup > 3 </ sup >, conformal geometry corresponds to enlarging the group to the conformal group, whereas in projective geometry one is interested in the properties invariant under the projective group.

Thus under optimum conditions, the preparation of only one atom of element 101 per experiment could be expected.

Thus, theory and doctrine applicable among the great nations and the smaller European states did not really comfortably fit less developed and less powerful societies elsewhere.

According to the Christian doctrine of Universal Reconciliation, the Greek New Testament scriptures use the word " eon " to mean a long period ( perhaps 1000 years ) and the word " eonian " to mean " during a long period "; Thus there was a time before the eons, and the eonian period is finite.

Thus the foundation was laid of the doctrine of compound radicals, a doctrine which had a profound influence on the development of chemistry.

Thus the court accepted that a modified doctrine of tenure operated in Australia, and that the law of tenure ( as a product of the common law ) could co-exist with the law of native title ( as a product of customary laws and traditions ), though where there had been a valid grant of fee simple by the Crown the latter title would be extinguished.

Thus, a particular exercise of personal jurisdiction must not only be permitted by Constitutional doctrine, but be statutorily authorized as well.

Thus at the Battle of Lake Khasan, in 1938, and the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, in 1939, major border clashes with the Imperial Japanese Army, the doctrine was not used.

Thus, in the long-standing debate on whether free will is compatible with the doctrine of determinism, several philosophers have proposed analyses of the relevant concepts to argue for either compatibilism or incompatibilism.

Thus, the Constitutional principle of bicameralism and the separation of powers doctrine were disregarded in this case, and this legislative veto of executive decisions was struck down.

Thus, the doctrine of mutually assured destruction replaced the trend of defense strengthening, and left interceptors with much less strategic justification.

Thus, LDS doctrine teaches that plural marriages which were valid at the time of the sealing, whether biblical or 19th-century Mormon, will continue in force in the afterlife.

Thus for example the scholia on Jarir furnished him with a remarkable notice of the prevalence of Buddhist doctrine and asceticism in Iraq under the Omayyads.

Thus, the Catholic Church accepts the ' priesthood of all believers ' doctrine – it is not the exclusive domain of Protestantism.

Thus, in stating his theory of the moral sense, Hutcheson is peculiarly careful to repudiate the doctrine of innate ideas ( see, for instance, Inquiry concerning Moral Good and Evil, sect.

Thus, some spiritists see themselves as not adhering to a religion, but to a philosophical doctrine with a scientific fulcrum and moral grounds.

Thus the ambiguous doctrine of an " irresistible grace ", which led to important debates first during the 5th century, opposing Pelagianism to Augustinism ( see following section ) and then again during the 16th and 17th century, explaining in particular the creation of the Congregatio de Auxiliis as the Jesuits denied the existence of an " efficacious grace ," while the Dominican Order, Augustinists and Thomists asserted its trueness.

Thus, the " non-Self " doctrine is presented in the Mañjuśrī-nāma-saṅgīti ( and in certain tantric texts ) as a merely partial, incomplete truth rather than as an absolute verity.

Thus, Dennis reading of the First Amendment remained in force: advocacy of law violation, even as an abstract doctrine, could be punished under law consistent with the free speech clause.

Thus, the doctrine of Proporz is intimately linked to the idea of the grand coalition, in which the major political parties, in the case of post-war Austria the SPÖ and the ÖVP, share in the government.

Thus, applying the first-sale doctrine to digital copies affect the market for the original to a greater degree than transfers of physical copies.

Thus, it was concluded, the temporal authorities must submit to the spiritual authorities, not merely on matters concerning doctrine and morality: " For with truth as our witness, it belongs to spiritual power to establish the terrestrial power and to pass judgment if it has not been good.

Thus they provide a link between the Apostles — who had personal contact with Jesus — and the later generations of Church Fathers, which includes the Christian apologists, defenders of orthodoxy, and developers of doctrine.

Thus the Church ’ s interpretation of doctrine was prioritised over the confession.

Thus he came back to assert the Bourbon doctrine that the sovereign authority resided in his person only.