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" By that event the sect, of which he was the founder, received a blow, which for a time checked the growth of a dangerous superstition ; but it revived soon after, and spread with recruited vigor, not only in Judea, the soil that gave it birth, but even... "
Scenes from Christian History - Page 24
1854 - 288 pages
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Examination of the Passages in the New Testament, Quoted from ..., Issues 1-9

Thomas Paine - 1810 - 504 pages
...race of men, detested for their evil practices, by vulgar appellation commonly ealled Christians. " The name was derived from Christ, who, in the reign...of Judea. By that event, the sect, of which he was founder, received a blow, which, for a time, checked the growth of a dangerous superstition; but it...
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Ecclesiastical researches; or, Philo and Josephus proved to be ..., Volume 1

John Jones - 1812 - 1054 pages
...called Christians. The name was derived from Christ, JE E who was crucified in the reign of Tiberius, under Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea. By...But it revived soon after, and spread with recruited vigour, not only in Judea, the soil that gave it birth, but even in the city of Rome, the common sink...
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The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 3

Cornelius Tacitus - 1813 - 516 pages
...from Christ, who, in the reign of Tiberius, suffered under Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judaea. By that event the sect, of which he was the founder,...time, checked the growth of a dangerous superstition (c); but it revived soon after, and spread with recruited vigour, not only in Judaea, the soil that...
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A Series of Important Facts Demonstrating the Truth of the Christian ...

John Jones - 1820 - 238 pages
...following statement. " The name was derived from Christ, who was crucified in the reign of Tiberius, under Pontius Pilate the procurator of Judea. By that...But it revived soon after, and spread with recruited vigour not only in Judea, the soil that gave it birth, but even in the city of Rome, the common sink...
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Familiar Illustrations of the Principal Evidences and Design of Christianity

Maria Hack - 1824 - 344 pages
...race of men detested for their evil prac' tices, by vulgar appellation commonly ' called Christians. 'The name was derived from Christ, ' who, in the reign...suffered ' under Pontius Pilate, the procurator of ' Judaea. By that event the sect, of which ' he was the founder, received a blow, ' which, for a time,...
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Tacitus. Tr. by A. Murphy, Volume 3

Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 410 pages
...a race of men detested for their evil practices,* by vulgar appellation commonly called Christians. The name was derived from Christ, who in the reign...the procurator of Judea. By that event the sect of whicb he was the founder received a blow which for a time 1 The beds on which the gods and goddesses...
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The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes ...

Cornelius Tacitus, Arthur Murphy - 1836 - 772 pages
...a race of men detested for their evil practices," by vulgar appellation commonly called Christians. The name was derived from Christ, who in the reign...time, checked the growth of a dangerous superstition ;4 but it revived 13 The beds on which the gods and goddesses were extended at all public festivals,...
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The Works...

Cornelius Tacitus - 1836 - 780 pages
...race of men detested for their evil practices, " by vulgar appellation commonly called Christians. The name was derived from Christ, who in the reign...Tiberius, suffered under Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judsa. By that event the sect, of which he was the founder, received a blow, which, for a time, checked...
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The Chinese Repository, Volume 9

Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1840 - 680 pages
...a race of men detested for their evil practices, by vulgar appellation commonly called Christians. The name was derived from Christ, who in the reign...Judea. By that event the sect, of which he was the fouuder received a blow, which for a time checked the growth of a dangerous superstition ; but it revived...
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The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes ...

Cornelius Tacitus - 1842 - 758 pages
...race of men detested for their evil practices,»* by vulgar appellation commonly called Christians. The name was derived from Christ, who in the reign...time, checked the growth of a dangerous superstition ¡w but it revived 13 The beds on which the gods and coddenses were xtended at all public festivals,...
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