Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... death , exerted themselves in spreading and publishing the institution throughout the country in which it began , and into which it was first carried ; that , in the prosecution of this purpose , they un- derwent the labours and ...
... death , exerted themselves in spreading and publishing the institution throughout the country in which it began , and into which it was first carried ; that , in the prosecution of this purpose , they un- derwent the labours and ...
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... 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 emperor himself ...
... 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 emperor himself ...
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... 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 , but through Rome also ...
... 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 , but through Rome also ...
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... death ; 2dly , that in the same country in which he was put to death , the religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; 3dly , that it is so -spread , as that , within thirty - four years from the author's death , a ...
... death ; 2dly , that in the same country in which he was put to death , the religion , after a short check , broke out again and spread ; 3dly , that it is so -spread , as that , within thirty - four years from the author's death , a ...
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... death as a malefactor for his attempt , the endeavours of his followers to establish his religion , in the same country , amongst the same people , and in the same age , could not but be attended with danger . Suetonius , a writer ...
... death as a malefactor for his attempt , the endeavours of his followers to establish his religion , in the same country , amongst the same people , and in the same age , could not but be attended with danger . Suetonius , a writer ...
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