The First Century of Christianity (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The First Century of Christianity First preaching of Christianity at Rome, 154. Expulsion of Jews from Rome, 155. Aquila and Priscilla, 156. Return of Jews to Rome, 157. Christian Church established there, 157. Christianity in households of wealthy Romans, 158. The primitive church composed mainly of Jews and Grecians, 159. Their number, 159. 8. Paul carried captive to Rome, 160. His re ception by converts and other Jews, 161. His two years' residence at Rome, 162. Writes several epistles there, 164. Is released, and returns to his labours in the East, 165. Conduct of Nero, 166. Great fire at Rome, 166. Christians tortured on account of it, 169. Persecution by Nero, 170. 8. Paul arrested and sent to Rome a second time, 172. Accusations against him, 174. Is tried before Nero and condemned to death, 175. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
