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... Jesus Christ . While there is something simple about this focus on Jesus as the central figure , there is also something very complicated . That complexity is apparent when one tries to envision the more than 22,000 separate churches ...
... Jesus Christ . While there is something simple about this focus on Jesus as the central figure , there is also something very complicated . That complexity is apparent when one tries to envision the more than 22,000 separate churches ...
Page 257
... Jesus ' 12 disciples , was or had once been a Zealot . Jesus probably stood close to the Pharisees . Under the social and political conditions of the time , there could be no long future either for the Sadducees or for the Zealots ...
... Jesus ' 12 disciples , was or had once been a Zealot . Jesus probably stood close to the Pharisees . Under the social and political conditions of the time , there could be no long future either for the Sadducees or for the Zealots ...
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... Jesus is assumed to have expected an immediate catastrophic in- tervention by God . There is no doubt that he gathered and intended to gather around him a community of followers . This community continued after his time , regarding ...
... Jesus is assumed to have expected an immediate catastrophic in- tervention by God . There is no doubt that he gathered and intended to gather around him a community of followers . This community continued after his time , regarding ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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