He stated that the 2nd-century church was very diverse and included many heretical groups that had an equal claim to apostolic tradition.

Reason makes equal claim to each proof, since they are both correct, so the question of the limits of time must be regarded as meaningless.

Both sketch and finished painting surely have equal claims to be considered 'fresh' works of art, created from the 'first gush of grape-juice'.

In other words, even if there are differences between religions, they all have equal claims on the truth.

Different world pictures that describe particular data equally well all have equal claims to be valid.