Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... Christ's death , and that it relates to transactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which hap- pened at Rome in the time of Nero , and of the suspicions which were entertained that the ...
... Christ's death , and that it relates to transactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which hap- pened at Rome in the time of Nero , and of the suspicions which were entertained that the ...
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... Christ , who suffered death in the reign of Tiberius , under his procurator Pontius Pilate . - This perni- cious superstition , thus checked for a while , broke out again ; and spread not only over Judea , where the evil originated ...
... Christ , who suffered death in the reign of Tiberius , under his procurator Pontius Pilate . - This perni- cious superstition , thus checked for a while , broke out again ; and spread not only over Judea , where the evil originated ...
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... Christ's death , that is , according to the course of nature , in the life - time , pro- bably , of some of the apostles , and cer- tainly in the life - time of those who were converted by the apostles , or who were converted in their ...
... Christ's death , that is , according to the course of nature , in the life - time , pro- bably , of some of the apostles , and cer- tainly in the life - time of those who were converted by the apostles , or who were converted in their ...
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... Christ's death ; and the information to be drawn from it , so far as it is connected with our argument , relates principally to two points : first , to the number of Chris- tians in Bithynia and Pontus , which was so considerable as to ...
... Christ's death ; and the information to be drawn from it , so far as it is connected with our argument , relates principally to two points : first , to the number of Chris- tians in Bithynia and Pontus , which was so considerable as to ...
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... Christ . We have a history taking up the narrative from his death , and carrying on an account of the propagation of the religion , and of some of the most eminent persons engaged in it , for a space of nearly thirty years . We have ...
... Christ . We have a history taking up the narrative from his death , and carrying on an account of the propagation of the religion , and of some of the most eminent persons engaged in it , for a space of nearly thirty years . We have ...
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