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95201 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.31
… Jewish faith was certe licita and a recognized worship of the empire.
95202 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.32
… calm faith amid the despair of others would easily cast suspicion upon them. (5) For whatever reason, they had earned the opprobrium of the populace. "The hatred …
95203 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.33
… new faith. The Flavians could not avoid following the precedent set by Nero. Christianity was spreading--especially in the East and at Rome. We have no account …
95204 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.37
… the faith (an flagitia cohaerentia nomini)? He then explains his procedure: he gave those who were accused an abundant opportunity of recanting; those who …
95205 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.42
… new faith. The central government "was all this time without a permanent or steady policy toward the Christians. It had not yet made up its mind" (Hardy).
95206 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.43
… new faith and the government in this period is somewhat differently estimated by Ramsay and by Hardy. The latter thinks (Christianity and Roman Government …
95207 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.44
… Roman faith, and were eclectic in their religious views, was of much importance to the new eastern faith. Moreover, some of the emperors proved not only not …
95208 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.48
… Christian faith were largely political; he wished simply to be on the winning side. With each fresh success he inclined more toward Christianity, though …
95209 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 3.7
… Christian faith. Its sterling qualities were best shown in persecution and the heroic deaths of its adherents. Paganism, even with the alliance of the civil …
95210 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.19
… on faith and justification ( James 2:1 - 26 ) has no reference to perversions of Pauline teaching, but deals with rabbinism. Clement of Rome repeatedly quotes …
95211 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.26
… Christian faith" (from the present writer’s introduction to the Epistle in the Temple Bible; see also his Light from the First Days: Short Studies in 1 Thessalonians …
95212 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.36
… Christian faith. And then again he lays down for the too eager champions of the new "liberty" a law of loving tolerance toward slower and narrower views which …
95213 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.38
… remission, faith and obedience, suffering and glory, transcendent hope and humblest duty, now in their relation to the soul, now so as to develop the holy collectivity …
95214 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.43
… by faith." And "justification" is more than forgiveness; it is not merely the remission of a penalty but a welcome to the offender, pronounced to be lawfully at …
95215 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.47
… the faith which receives Him as our all, it is ipso facto never received alone but with all His other gifts, for it becomes ours as we receive, not merely one truth …
95216 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rome.25
… offered faithful testimony of the earlier period (Livy vi.1). It is known that there was a settlement on the site of Rome before the traditional date of the founding …
95217 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rome.49
… religious faith had departed from the upper classes largely, and during the turmoil of the civil wars even the external ceremonies were often abandoned …
95218 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rome.50
… religious faith did occur under the empire, although its spirit was largely alien to that which had been displayed in the performance of the official cult …
95219 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rome.63
… Christian faith was brought to the capital of the empire by some of the Romans who were converted at the time of Pentecost ( Acts 2:10, 41 ). It would be out of place …
95220 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rome.66
… new faith. The reply of the emperor makes quite plain the fundamental guilt at that time of adherence to Christianity, and it supposes a law already existing …