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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... amphitheatre , a place shaped like an enormous horse - shoe , cut out in galleries , mounting higher and higher one behind the other , all in the solid rock , and looking down into an open flat place beneath , to which the well - marked ...
... amphitheatre , a place shaped like an enormous horse - shoe , cut out in galleries , mounting higher and higher one behind the other , all in the solid rock , and looking down into an open flat place beneath , to which the well - marked ...
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... amphitheatre was fitted with marble benches , and thronged with spectators , when the valleys and slopes of the hill stood thick with goodly dwellings and swarmed with busy crowds , who would have believed that the only name that would ...
... amphitheatre was fitted with marble benches , and thronged with spectators , when the valleys and slopes of the hill stood thick with goodly dwellings and swarmed with busy crowds , who would have believed that the only name that would ...
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... amphitheatre was crowded with spectators , who listened to hymns sung , watched plays performed , or applauded matches in running , wrestling , or the like , all in honour of the great Artemis ; THE WONDER OF THE WORLD .
... amphitheatre was crowded with spectators , who listened to hymns sung , watched plays performed , or applauded matches in running , wrestling , or the like , all in honour of the great Artemis ; THE WONDER OF THE WORLD .
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... amphitheatre , the Colosseum , were accused to him of being " tainted with atheism , and of Judaizing . " Atheism meant , in the heathen world , the refusing to take part in idol worship , or pour libations to the gods . It was thought ...
... amphitheatre , the Colosseum , were accused to him of being " tainted with atheism , and of Judaizing . " Atheism meant , in the heathen world , the refusing to take part in idol worship , or pour libations to the gods . It was thought ...
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... Amphitheatre , called from it the Colosseum ; and here closed the procession . The Roman Christians received the blessing from him in whose presence they had rejoiced with deep reverent awe for those eighteen miles ; Burrhus ...
... Amphitheatre , called from it the Colosseum ; and here closed the procession . The Roman Christians received the blessing from him in whose presence they had rejoiced with deep reverent awe for those eighteen miles ; Burrhus ...
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