The Pupils of St. John the Divine, Número 82Macmillan, 1885 - 320 páginas This little book has been composed on the principle of following as far as may be the life of the Apostle himself, then those of his immediate disciples, and beyond them of the persons who had been instructed by their teaching; then of showing how the churches thus formed met trial and persecution, and, as far as possible, sketching the vicissitudes of their history to the present time. - Preface. |
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... Emperor Claudius had driven out all the Jews who had settled at Rome . One Sabbath - day in the 808th year since Rome had been founded , or , as we reckon , in the year 55 , one of these expelled Jews , a tentmaker by trade , came into ...
... Emperor Claudius had driven out all the Jews who had settled at Rome . One Sabbath - day in the 808th year since Rome had been founded , or , as we reckon , in the year 55 , one of these expelled Jews , a tentmaker by trade , came into ...
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... Emperor Tibe- rius Cæsar , and Roman tax - gatherers , who employed publicans under them to collect tribute for the Govern- ment . The common people spoke Syriac , the rich and noble spoke Greek , and the Romans Latin , but as everybody ...
... Emperor Tibe- rius Cæsar , and Roman tax - gatherers , who employed publicans under them to collect tribute for the Govern- ment . The common people spoke Syriac , the rich and noble spoke Greek , and the Romans Latin , but as everybody ...
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... Emperor Caligula , Herod Agrippa , an exceedingly clever and subtle man , who was very vain of his good understanding at once with the Romans and Jews . John must have been absent on one of these expe- ditions when Saul , after his ...
... Emperor Caligula , Herod Agrippa , an exceedingly clever and subtle man , who was very vain of his good understanding at once with the Romans and Jews . John must have been absent on one of these expe- ditions when Saul , after his ...
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... Emperor Claudius had acquitted Paul after his long imprisonment , and , instead of seeing his face no more , the Ephesians hailed their beloved teacher with joy , when , after a journey into the further west , he arrived among them . On ...
... Emperor Claudius had acquitted Paul after his long imprisonment , and , instead of seeing his face no more , the Ephesians hailed their beloved teacher with joy , when , after a journey into the further west , he arrived among them . On ...
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... Emperor Nero , a thoughtless and excitable young man , who was in the country at the time , was SO much struck with the sight of the flames , the rolling smoke , and lurid sky , as , while watching it , to sing to his lyre the verses of ...
... Emperor Nero , a thoughtless and excitable young man , who was in the country at the time , was SO much struck with the sight of the flames , the rolling smoke , and lurid sky , as , while watching it , to sing to his lyre the verses of ...
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