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Wesley was a champion of Arminian teachings, defending his soteriology in a periodical titled The Arminian and writing articles such as Predestination Calmly Considered.

Another Abergavenny born soldier, Thomas Monaghan received his VC for defending his colonel during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

In fact, the disciple Zilu even died defending his ruler in Wei.

He further demonstrated the reason for the inclusion of the Greek text when defending his work: " But one thing the facts cry out, and it can be clear, as they say, even to a blind man, that often through the translator ’ s clumsiness or inattention the Greek has been wrongly rendered ; often the true and genuine reading has been corrupted by ignorant scribes, which we see happen every day, or altered by scribes who are half-taught and half-asleep.

Galen retaliated against his detractors by defending his own methods.

Henry's successor, Richard I " the Lion Heart " ( also known as " The absent king "), was preoccupied with foreign wars, taking part in the Third Crusade and defending his French territories against Philip II of France.

Yakov had a son Yevgeny, who is recently noted for defending his grandfather's legacy in Russian courts.

He includes an autobiographical Appendix defending his conduct at the end of the war when he cooperated with the Roman forces.

John initially adopted a defensive posture similar to that of 1199: avoiding open battle and carefully defending his key castles.

However, al-Kamil presumably did not know of the small size of Frederick's army, nor the divisions within it caused by his excommunication, and wished to avoid defending his territories against another crusade.

Nicholas I Garay defending his sovereign Mary and her mother Elizabeth from the Croatians.

During Howard's prime ministership, Keating made occasional speeches strongly criticising his successor's social policies, and defending his own policies, such as those on East Timor.

Nurmi had won five gold medals in five events, but he left the Games embittered as the Finnish officials had allocated races between their star runners and prevented him from defending his title in the 10, 000 m, the distance that was dearest to him.

Lambert could have been ejected from the game for defending his teammate, but the officials decided to allow him to remain.

In 1876, Grant's reputation was damaged by his White House deposition defending his personal secretary Orville Babcock, indicted in the Whiskey Ring graft trials, and his Secretary of War William W. Belknap's resignation, impeachment by the House, and trial in the Senate over receiving profit money from the Fort Sill tradership.

* March 23 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, defending his lands against the invasion of Nur ibn Mujahid, Sultan of Harar, is killed in battle.

Stephen the Great ruled between 1457 and 1504, a period of nearly 50 years during which he won 32 battles defending his country against virtually all his neighbours ( mainly the Ottomans and the Tatars, but also the Hungarians and the Poles ), while losing only two.

It is unclear whether he was intended to have England as well, but he was too much occupied in defending his position there to come to England to make good any claim.

The Victorian concept of the noble peasant defending his lands with a pitchfork has been quashed by modern archaeological research.

During the 1640s, Saint-Cyran's nephew, Martin de Barcos, who had studied theology under Jansen, wrote several works defending his uncle.

For the next several years, Sun Quan was largely interested in first defending his realm against potential enemies, but he gradually sought to harass and weaken Liu Biao's key subordinate, Huang Zu ( who controlled the northeastern region of Liu Biao's domain ) -- particularly because Huang Zu had killed his father in battle.

Haakon died in 1263 while on campaign against Scotland, defending his claim to the overlordship of the Hebrides and the Isle of Man.

Since Protagoras is dead, Socrates puts himself in the sophist's shoes and tries to do him the favor of defending his idea ( 166a-168c ).

After Caesar's death, Brutus delivers an oration defending his actions, and for the moment, the crowd is on his side.

In 435 Theodosius II sent him into exile in Upper Egypt, where he lived on till 450 or 451, strenuously defending his orthodoxy.