| This decision-making structure is based on the preexistence of a communal identity and communal structures. |
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| Two notions in particular played important roles: logos theology and preexistence. |
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| So too was the preexistence of a substantial ethnic Chinese population, permitting easier adaptation, while also providing a market for small business activity. |
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| The idea of the preexistent divine Logos became the concept of the preexistence of the church, which included the view that the world was created for the sake of the church. |
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| To the supporters of the preexistence of a continuous forest cover, grasslands were interpreted as evidence of anthropogenic disturbance, or in other words, as resulting from deforestation. |
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| Regarding the virgin birth of Jesus among those who denied the preexistence of Christ, some held to it and others did not. |
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| The idea of preexistence is always presented in poetic, hymnic language, or in the apocalyptic language of visionary dreams. |
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| All pagan religion and philosophy reposes immediately or ultimately on the doctrine of preexistence. |
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| The historian, the dogmatician, and the existentialist exegete all contribute valuable dimensions on preexistence that must be held in mutual critical tension. |
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| A third reading, the conservative reading holds that the Guide's great achievement is in its demonstration that eternal preexistence of the world cannot be proved. |
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| Wallace, who proved the preexistence of a wide range of ideas used by the followers of the scientific revolution thesis to substantiate their claims. |
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