History of the Christian Church • VOLUME 1
Apostolic Christianity, A.D. 1–100
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121With this hopeful prophecy, which seems yet far off, but which is steadily approaching fulfilment, and will be realized in God's own time and way, the apostle closes the 2,031 words1225. The true, but sinless humanity of Christ. He appeared "in the likeness of the flesh of sin" (Rom. 8:3); he is a son of David "according to the flesh" (1:3), which incl2,020 words123[778] Rom. 1:17: dunamis theou eis soterian panti to pisteuonti , Ioudaio te [proton]kai Helleni. Other pregnant passages in which Paul summarizes his dogmatics and ethic1,988 words124§72. John and the Gospel of Love.2,149 words125Herein also the Apocalypse well agrees with the Gospel and Epistles of John. Christ is represented as the victor of the devil. [841] He is the conquering Lion of the trib2,048 words126[817] For the theology of the Apocalypse as compared with that of the Gospel and Epistles of John, see especially Gebhardt, The Doctrine of the Apoc., transl. by Jefferso2,068 words127§ 73. Heretical Perversions of the Apostolic Teaching.1,906 words128CHAPTER XII.1,447 words129§ 76. Character of the New Testament.932 words130§ 77. Literature on the Gospels.1,668 words131§ 78. The Four Gospels.2,174 words132Augustin (De Consens. Evang., Lib. I., c. 6, in Migne's ed. of the Opera, tom. III., 1046) assigns the lion to Matthew, the man to Mark (whom he wrongly regarded as an ab2,015 words133§ 79. The Synoptists.1,021 words134Sections peculiar to Matthew 172,014 words135The chief and common source from which the Synoptists derived their Gospels was undoubtedly the living apostolic tradition or teaching which is mentioned by Luke in the f2,085 words136The priority of Mark is now the prevailing theory among German critics, notwithstanding the protest of Baur and Keim, who had almost a personal animosity against the seco2,002 words137[883] Gesch., etc., I., p. 175, followed by Archbishop Thomson in Speaker's Com. New Test., vol. I., p. viii.1,478 words138§ 80. Matthew.2,065 words1392. Ten Parables: the tares; the hidden treasure; the pearl of great price; the draw-net (13:24-50); the unmerciful servant (18:23-35); the laborers in the vineyard (20:1-2,052 words140[913] Comp. Matt. 15:2 with Mark 7:3, 4. The translation of the exclamation on the cross, Matt. 27:46, is intended for Greek Jews,1,898 words141§ 81. Mark.2,080 words142It is an interesting feature to which Dr. Lange first has directed attention, that Mark lays emphasis on the periods of pause and rest which "rhythmically intervene betwe2,000 words143I add the following private note from Dr. Abbot:, "In the Alexandrian MS. a column and a third are left blank at the end of Mark, half a page at the end of John, and a wh2,191 words144[942] Marcus, and the diminutive Marcellus (Little Mallet), are well known Roman names. Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote an oration pro Marco Marcello.2,226 words145§ 82. Luke.2,036 words146Dedication and Object.743 words147Contents of the Gospel of Luke.2,119 words148No wonder that the third Gospel has been pronounced, from a purely literary and humanitarian standpoint, to be the most beautiful book ever written. [1009]2,260 words149The eschatological discourses of our Lord, then, are essentially the same in all the Synoptists, and present the same difficulties, which can only be removed by assuming:2,032 words150[1021] Take the following specimens of striking parallelism (quoted by Holtzmann, 322): Luke Paul 6:48:etheken themelion epi ten petran 1 Cor. 3:10: os sophos apchitekton1,353 words151§ 83. John.2,015 words152No doubt the fourth Gospel, by the positive statement of the truth, is the most effective refutation of Gnostic dualism and doketism, which began to raise its head in Asi2,005 words153Let us point out the chief characteristics of this book which distinguish it from the Synoptical Gospels.2,015 words154(2) John's mind, at a period when it was most pliable and plastic, had been so conformed to the mind of Christ that his own thoughts and words faithfully reflected the te2,094 words155Then we have the admitted individual testimonies of all the Greek and Latin fathers up to the middle of the second century, without a dissenting voice or doubt: Jerome (d2,202 words156He is well acquainted with the confused politico-ecclesiastical Messianic ideas and expectations of the Jews (1:19-28, 45-49; 4:25; 6:14, 15 7:26; 12:34, and other passag2,071 words157[1052] Notwithstanding such passages Dr. Davidson asserts (II. 278): "In uniting the only-begotten Son of God with the historical Jesus, the evangelist implies the absenc2,018 words158§ 84. Critical Review of the Johannean Problem.2,082 words159It is significant that the school of negative criticism has produced no learned commentary on John. All the recent commentators on the fourth Gospel (Lücke, Ewald, Lange,1,831 words160§ 85. The Acts of the Apostles.2,000 words161Paul Left at Athens Alone.2,073 words162The Truthfulness of the Acts.1,377 words163§ 86. The Epistles.690 words164§ 87. The Catholic Epistles.2,067 words165The Second and Third Epistles of John are, like the Epistle of Paul to Philemon, short private letters, one to a Christian woman by the name of Cyria, the other to one Ga778 words166§ 88. The Epistles of Paul2,045 words167§ 89. The Epistles to the Thessalonians.1,025 words168§ 90. The Epistles to the Corinthians.2,014 words169§ 91. The Epistles to the Galatians.855 words170§ 92. The Epistle to the Romans.1,068 words171§ 93. The Epistles of the Captivity.818 words172§ 94. The Epistle to the Colossians.2,108 words173§ 95. The Epistle to the Ephesians.2,396 words174[1159] Acts 20:28. Some of the best authorities (', B, Vulg., etc.) read "church of God." So also Westcott and Hort, and the English Revision; but the American Committee 717 words175§ 96. Colossians and Ephesians Compared and Vindicated.2,059 words176§ 97. The Epistle to the Philippians.2,014 words177§ 98. The Epistle to Philemon.1,967 words178§ 99. The Pastoral Epistles.2,177 words179On the other hand, we may well ask the opponents to give a good reason why a forger should have chosen so many new words when he might have so easily confined himself to 1,687 words180§ 100. The Epistle To The Hebrews.782 words
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