The Pupils of St. John the Divine, Issue 82Macmillan, 1885 - 320 pages This little book has been composed on the principle of following as far as may be the life of the Apostle himself, then those of his immediate disciples, and beyond them of the persons who had been instructed by their teaching; then of showing how the churches thus formed met trial and persecution, and, as far as possible, sketching the vicissitudes of their history to the present time. - Preface. |
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... Ignatius , with his zeal for self - sacrifice , and his earnest desire to impress the need of Church unity through the bishop and his flock ; Quadratus , boldly meeting philosophy on its own ground ; Polycarp , striving for the faith ...
... Ignatius , with his zeal for self - sacrifice , and his earnest desire to impress the need of Church unity through the bishop and his flock ; Quadratus , boldly meeting philosophy on its own ground ; Polycarp , striving for the faith ...
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... IGNATIUS , THE CHILD - LIKE SAINT . · 103 CHAPTER IX . THE STORY OF THE EPISTLES [ 43 CHAPTER X. THE HEBREWS OF THE EAST . 154 CHAPTER XI . QUADRATUS , THE PHILOSOPHER . 169 CHAPTER XII . HOW POLYCARP PLAYED THE MAN IN THE FIRE 179 ...
... IGNATIUS , THE CHILD - LIKE SAINT . · 103 CHAPTER IX . THE STORY OF THE EPISTLES [ 43 CHAPTER X. THE HEBREWS OF THE EAST . 154 CHAPTER XI . QUADRATUS , THE PHILOSOPHER . 169 CHAPTER XII . HOW POLYCARP PLAYED THE MAN IN THE FIRE 179 ...
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... Ignatius , whom old Syriac writers declared to have been the child whom our Lord set in the midst of his disciples , to show them the humility of soul that is true greatness ; the able and highly instructed Athenian Quadratus ; Polycarp ...
... Ignatius , whom old Syriac writers declared to have been the child whom our Lord set in the midst of his disciples , to show them the humility of soul that is true greatness ; the able and highly instructed Athenian Quadratus ; Polycarp ...
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... Ignatius are said to have been made , the one the Bishop of the Jewish , the other of the Gentile , Christians at Antioch ; Archippus is believed to have gone to Laodicea ; Quadratus to Philadelphia ; but whether all these appointments ...
... Ignatius are said to have been made , the one the Bishop of the Jewish , the other of the Gentile , Christians at Antioch ; Archippus is believed to have gone to Laodicea ; Quadratus to Philadelphia ; but whether all these appointments ...
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... the miracles witnessed by everybody , the discourses spoken to beginners ; but John , writing for his children whom he had trained in fear and love -for Ignatius , for Polycarp , Quadratus , Onesimus , 68 THE EVANGELIST .
... the miracles witnessed by everybody , the discourses spoken to beginners ; but John , writing for his children whom he had trained in fear and love -for Ignatius , for Polycarp , Quadratus , Onesimus , 68 THE EVANGELIST .
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