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Page vii
The conclusion to which I have come is that there is a very decided gap between
the occurrence of Christianity , and the era asserted for the facts alleged as those
on which the system has its foundations . It follows that the facts themselves , so ...
The conclusion to which I have come is that there is a very decided gap between
the occurrence of Christianity , and the era asserted for the facts alleged as those
on which the system has its foundations . It follows that the facts themselves , so ...
Page viii
The body , it is true , is not considerable in number , but it is in its infancy , and it
more than equals that asserted for the first gathering of Christians ( Acts i . 15 ) .
We can also point backward , and still some centuries on this side of the Christian
...
The body , it is true , is not considerable in number , but it is in its infancy , and it
more than equals that asserted for the first gathering of Christians ( Acts i . 15 ) .
We can also point backward , and still some centuries on this side of the Christian
...
Page ix
... missionary efforts , without supernatural agency , amply suffices to account for
the introduction and prevalence of such a system as Christianity , ( whatever the
wonderments asserted for its basis ) , through precisely similar natural means .
... missionary efforts , without supernatural agency , amply suffices to account for
the introduction and prevalence of such a system as Christianity , ( whatever the
wonderments asserted for its basis ) , through precisely similar natural means .
Page 11
Hierocles , speaking of his miracles , asserted that he had done greater things
than Christ ( Life of Eusebius , Bohn ' s ed . xvi . ) . His statue was placed by
Severus in his lararium , side by side with those of Jesus Christ , Abraham ,
Alexander ...
Hierocles , speaking of his miracles , asserted that he had done greater things
than Christ ( Life of Eusebius , Bohn ' s ed . xvi . ) . His statue was placed by
Severus in his lararium , side by side with those of Jesus Christ , Abraham ,
Alexander ...
Page 13
No one in the present day attaches the slightest credence to the private
correspondence with the alleged Agbarus attributed to the asserted saviour of the
world , and yet we have from our historian the very letters that then passed , with
an ...
No one in the present day attaches the slightest credence to the private
correspondence with the alleged Agbarus attributed to the asserted saviour of the
world , and yet we have from our historian the very letters that then passed , with
an ...
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Page 59 - Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Page 76 - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Page 72 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Page 165 - For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Page 83 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called...
Page 76 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 77 - And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Page 64 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended ? who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell ? 5 Every word of God is pure : he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Page 25 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 74 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Sources and Development of Christianity |
| Author | Thomas Lumisden Strange |
| Publisher | Trubner, 1875 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 255 pages |
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