An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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... Rome ever acknowledged a Creator of the world . The old Heathen nations , ignorant of their origin , were fond of ascribing to themselves vast antiquity . The Babylonians and Egyptians boasted of their astronomical observations and ...
... Rome ever acknowledged a Creator of the world . The old Heathen nations , ignorant of their origin , were fond of ascribing to themselves vast antiquity . The Babylonians and Egyptians boasted of their astronomical observations and ...
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... Rome . But little variation has probably been made in those countries which still remain pagan , from their former state . They have , from the days of Nahor , " served other gods , " * - are " old wastes , the desolations of many ...
... Rome . But little variation has probably been made in those countries which still remain pagan , from their former state . They have , from the days of Nahor , " served other gods , " * - are " old wastes , the desolations of many ...
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... Rome , B. C. 163 . +6 But this peace was of short duration . The war was first renewed by the men of Joppa . Judas was again successful and laid siege to the tower of Acra , which overlooked the Temple . This brought from Antioch the ...
... Rome , B. C. 163 . +6 But this peace was of short duration . The war was first renewed by the men of Joppa . Judas was again successful and laid siege to the tower of Acra , which overlooked the Temple . This brought from Antioch the ...
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... Rome ; but they certainly ought never to be connected or circulated with the sacred volume . CHAPTER IX . Royalty re- Prosperous state of the Jews under Hyrcanus . established . Jerusalem taken by the Romans . End of the Asmonean ...
... Rome ; but they certainly ought never to be connected or circulated with the sacred volume . CHAPTER IX . Royalty re- Prosperous state of the Jews under Hyrcanus . established . Jerusalem taken by the Romans . End of the Asmonean ...
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... Rome , to adorn Pompey's triumph . It was however but a short period before this disturber of the public peace obtained his liberty , and Judea was again thrown into desolating dissensions . supreme Pompey was overpowered by the ...
... Rome , to adorn Pompey's triumph . It was however but a short period before this disturber of the public peace obtained his liberty , and Judea was again thrown into desolating dissensions . supreme Pompey was overpowered by the ...
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