Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... sect were first seized , and afterwards , by their information , a vast multitude were appre- hended , who were convicted , not so much of the crime of burning Rome , as of hatred to mankind . Their sufferings at their ex- ecution were ...
... sect were first seized , and afterwards , by their information , a vast multitude were appre- hended , who were convicted , not so much of the crime of burning Rome , as of hatred to mankind . Their sufferings at their ex- ecution were ...
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... sect , than to threaten their prisoners with punishment , if they persisted ; that these men , after expressing , in decent but firm language , the obligation under which they considered themselves to be , to declare what they knew ...
... sect , than to threaten their prisoners with punishment , if they persisted ; that these men , after expressing , in decent but firm language , the obligation under which they considered themselves to be , to declare what they knew ...
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... sect , as to drive most of them out of the place ; a short time only succeeding , before one of the twelve was beheaded , and another sentenced to the same fate ; and all this passing in the single city of Jerusalem , and within ten ...
... sect , as to drive most of them out of the place ; a short time only succeeding , before one of the twelve was beheaded , and another sentenced to the same fate ; and all this passing in the single city of Jerusalem , and within ten ...
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... 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 Christians of that age , and which was ...
... 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 Christians of that age , and which was ...
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... Herod ; and that Herod lived in a criminal cohabitation with Hero- dias , his brother's wife * . In another pas- * Antiq . 1. xviii . cap . v . sect . 1 , 2 . sage , sage , allowed by many , although not without considerable. 111.
... Herod ; and that Herod lived in a criminal cohabitation with Hero- dias , his brother's wife * . In another pas- * Antiq . 1. xviii . cap . v . sect . 1 , 2 . sage , sage , allowed by many , although not without considerable. 111.
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