Its mediums are believers rather than showmen or frauds.
The official church (today's Moscow Patriarchate) broke away from the old believers, rather than vice-versa.
With the rise of the ʿAbbāsids the base for influence in the empire became international, emphasizing membership in the community of believers rather than Arab nationality.
"In framing our docket, we decided we would represent the believers," said James A. Sonne, the clinic's founding director, explaining that the believers, rather than governments, were the ones in need of student lawyers to defend them.
But while there are similarities in terms of collecting votes and kickbacks, Argentina's dominant political force is different in its continued ability to attract idealistic believers rather than just cynical followers.
They weren't there to speak with people like me; they were there for the other kids, to perpetuate the believers rather than convert them.
However, most of these folks' pronouncements, including the ones in the public eye today and in spite of their very public attendance at Sunday services, seem designed to appeal to a mass audience of believers rather than actually provide an indicative revelation of the devout convictions they presume to uphold.
(Yours, not mine, I muttered to myself — but not out loud, being a believer in honey rather than vinegar).
"Although as I'm a big believer in repairing rather than replacing, I suspect I will have my own long after my leadership," he added.
Originally a maverick and a generator of controversy — in 1968, his suggestion that women wear pants as an everyday uniform was considered revolutionary — Mr. Saint Laurent developed into a more conservative designer, a believer in evolution rather than revolution.
