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 ...
Page 97
... Rome ; but they certainly ought never to be connected or circulated with the sacred volume . CHAPTER IX . Prosperous state of the Jews under Hyrcanus . Royalty re- 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 . Prosperous state of the Jews under Hyrcanus . Royalty re- 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 . Pompey was overpowered by the partisans of ...
... 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 . Pompey was overpowered by the partisans of ...
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... Rome ; where he put himself under the protection of Mark Antony , who was then in power . Antony gave him the kingdom of Judea . He collected an army ; and after a long and distressing war , took the holy city , 37 B. C. Antigonus , the ...
... Rome ; where he put himself under the protection of Mark Antony , who was then in power . Antony gave him the kingdom of Judea . He collected an army ; and after a long and distressing war , took the holy city , 37 B. C. Antigonus , the ...
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