Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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Page 46
... letter to Trajan was written about seventy years after 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 ...
... letter to Trajan was written about seventy years after 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 ...
Page 52
... letters , written by certain principal agents in the business , upon the business , and in the midst of their osin concern and connection with it . And we have these writings severally attesting the point which we contend for , viz ...
... letters , written by certain principal agents in the business , upon the business , and in the midst of their osin concern and connection with it . And we have these writings severally attesting the point which we contend for , viz ...
Page 81
... letters written by St. Paul himself upon the subject of his ministry , and either written during the period which the history comprises , or , if written after- wards , reciting and referring to the trans- actions of that period . These ...
... letters written by St. Paul himself upon the subject of his ministry , and either written during the period which the history comprises , or , if written after- wards , reciting and referring to the trans- actions of that period . These ...
Page 82
... letter to a neighbouring church , reminding his con- verts , that , " after he had suffered before , and was shamefully ... letters to the Christians of Thessalonica , calls to their remembrance " how they had received the Gospel in much ...
... letter to a neighbouring church , reminding his con- verts , that , " after he had suffered before , and was shamefully ... letters to the Christians of Thessalonica , calls to their remembrance " how they had received the Gospel in much ...
Page 83
... letter from him to a favourite convert , whom , as the same his- tory tells us , he first met with in these parts ; in which letter he appeals to that disciple's knowledge " of the persecutions which befel him at Antioch , at Iconium ...
... letter from him to a favourite convert , whom , as the same his- tory tells us , he first met with in these parts ; in which letter he appeals to that disciple's knowledge " of the persecutions which befel him at Antioch , at Iconium ...
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