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Author : Benjamin Harris Cowper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600091269
Author : Benjamin Harris Cowper
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1346626324
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Author : Candida Moss
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062104540
In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the early church exaggerated, invented, and forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex is employed today to silence dissent and galvanize a new generation of culture warriors. According to cherished church tradition and popular belief, before the Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal in the fourth century, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because they refused to renounce Christ. These saints, Christianity's inspirational heroes, are still venerated today. Moss, however, exposes that the "Age of Martyrs" is a fiction—there was no sustained 300-year-long effort by the Romans to persecute Christians. Instead, these stories were pious exaggerations; highly stylized rewritings of Jewish, Greek, and Roman noble death traditions; and even forgeries designed to marginalize heretics, inspire the faithful, and fund churches. The traditional story of persecution is still taught in Sunday school classes, celebrated in sermons, and employed by church leaders, politicians, and media pundits who insist that Christians were—and always will be—persecuted by a hostile, secular world. While violence against Christians does occur in select parts of the world today, the rhetoric of persecution is both misleading and rooted in an inaccurate history of the early church. Moss urges modern Christians to abandon the conspiratorial assumption that the world is out to get Christians and, rather, embrace the consolation, moral instruction, and spiritual guidance that these martyrdom stories provide.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555009509
Author : Bryan M. Litfin
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441220073
Personal narratives are powerful instruments for teaching, both for conveying information and for forming character. The martyrdom accounts preserved in the literature of early Christianity are especially intense and dramatic. However, these narratives are not readily available and are often written in intimidating prose, making them largely inaccessible for the average reader. This introductory text brings together key early Christian martyrdom stories in a single volume, offering new, easy-to-read translations and expert commentary. An introduction and explanatory notes accompany each translation. The book not only provides a vivid window into the world of early Christianity but also offers spiritual encouragement and inspiration for Christian life today.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015071099389
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UIUC:30112081497296
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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z254706609
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590607431
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555027056
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PRNC:32101064304049
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Bible
ISBN : NYPL:33433081684486
Author : John Kitto,Henry Burgess,Benjamin Harris Cowper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:HNGDWU
Author : Sampson Low
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : English imprints
ISBN : HARVARD:AH53PD
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Author : Sampson Low,James Douglas Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : English literature
ISBN : OXFORD:590338719