Excerpt from A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations, Jewish, Heathen, Mahometan and Christian, Ancient and Modern: With an Appendix
Just before Christ was born, the Roman empire not only rose to its greatest height, but was also settled in peace. Augustus Caesar had been for many years establishing the state of the Roman empire, and subduing his enemies, till the very year that Christ was born: then all his enemies being reduced to subjection, his dominion over the world appeared to be settled in its greatest glory. This remark able peace, after so many ages of tumult and war, was a fit prelude to the ushering of the glorious Prince of Peace into the world. The tranquillity, which then reigned, was necessary to enable the ministers of Christ to execute with success their sublime commission to the human race. In the situation into which the providence of God had brought the world, the gospel in a few years reached those remote corners of the earth, into which it could not otherwise have penetrated for many ages.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is an alphabetical dictionary of various sects existing from the beginning of Christianity to the eighteenth century. Rather than a collection of entries on individuals, the focus of this book is on the study of the history of Christian sects with a compilation of primary source material from the time of their earliest inception. Readers will find articles on leading ancient sects, such as the Gnostics, Montanists, Donatists, Arians, Pelagians, and Nestorians; as well as information on obscure sects, such as the Adamites, Artotyrites, Circumcellions, and Euchites. The author has collected a vast amount of historical information from ancient Christian writers, enabling readers to trace the rise, progress, and decline of particular sects. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781527720398_0
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