Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... transaction is represented in the several accounts that have come down to us . And this enquiry is properly preceded by the other , for as much as the reception of these accounts may depend in part upon the credibility of what they ...
... transaction is represented in the several accounts that have come down to us . And this enquiry is properly preceded by the other , for as much as the reception of these accounts may depend in part upon the credibility of what they ...
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... 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 was concerned in causing it ...
... 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 was concerned in causing it ...
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... transactions of the same reign , uses these words : " Affecti suppliciis , Christiani , genus hominum su- perstitionis novæ et maleficæ * . The Chris- tians , a set of men of a new and mis- chievous ( or magical ) superstition , were ...
... transactions of the same reign , uses these words : " Affecti suppliciis , Christiani , genus hominum su- perstitionis novæ et maleficæ * . The Chris- tians , a set of men of a new and mis- chievous ( or magical ) superstition , were ...
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... transactions of Nero's reign , but is confined to the affairs of his own time . His celebrated 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 ...
... transactions of Nero's reign , but is confined to the affairs of his own time . His celebrated 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 ...
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... transaction must be sought for . And this is nothing different from what might be expected . Who would write a history of Christianity but a Christian ? Who was likely to record the travels , sufferings , labours , or successes of the ...
... transaction must be sought for . And this is nothing different from what might be expected . Who would write a history of Christianity but a Christian ? Who was likely to record the travels , sufferings , labours , or successes of the ...
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