Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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Page 40
... bear in mind that this passage was written about seventy years after 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 ...
... bear in mind that this passage was written about seventy years after 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 ...
Page 97
... bears to the behaviour of the new sect in his time , and which testimony comes not more than fifty years after that of St. Paul , is very applicable to the subject under consideration . The character which this writer gives of the ...
... bears to the behaviour of the new sect in his time , and which testimony comes not more than fifty years after that of St. Paul , is very applicable to the subject under consideration . The character which this writer gives of the ...
Page 103
... bear in mind , that without previously supposing the existence or the pretence of such evidence , there could have been no place for the dis- cussion of the argument at all . Thus , for example , whether the prophecies , which the Jews ...
... bear in mind , that without previously supposing the existence or the pretence of such evidence , there could have been no place for the dis- cussion of the argument at all . Thus , for example , whether the prophecies , which the Jews ...
Page 108
... bear testimony to these facts : that the institution originated from Jesus ; that the founder was put to death , as a malefactor , at Jerusalem , by the authority of of the Roman governor , Pontius Pilate ; that the. 108.
... bear testimony to these facts : that the institution originated from Jesus ; that the founder was put to death , as a malefactor , at Jerusalem , by the authority of of the Roman governor , Pontius Pilate ; that the. 108.
Page 110
... bears the charac- ters of such an account upon the face of it , because it describes effects , namely , the appearance in the world of a new religion , and the conversion of great multitudes to it , without descending , in the smallest ...
... bears the charac- ters of such an account upon the face of it , because it describes effects , namely , the appearance in the world of a new religion , and the conversion of great multitudes to it , without descending , in the smallest ...
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