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Excerpt from Ecclesiastical History: A History of the Church in Nine Books, From A. D. 324 to A. D. 440; With a Memoir of the Author
Having now shown that the Hebrews, although in the possession of numerous and most distinct prophecies con cerning the coming of Christ, were less willing than the Greeks to embrace the faith that is in Him, let what has been said on the subject suffice. Yet let it by no means be hence accounted contrary to reason that the church should have been mainly built up by the conversion of other nations for, in the first place, it is evident that, in divine and great affairs, God delights to bring to pass changes in a marvellous manner; and then, be it remem bered, it was by the exercise of no common virtues that those who, at the very beginning, were at the head of religious affairs, maintained their in?uence. If they did not, indeed, possess resplendent gifts of eloquence, nor the power of convincing their hearers by means of ma thematical demonstration, yet they accomplished the work they had undertaken. They gave up their pro perty, neglected their kindred, were stretched upon a cross, and, as if endowed with bodies not their own, suf fered divers excruciating tortures; neither seduced by the adulation of the rulers and people of any city, nor terrified by their menaces, they clearly evidenced by their conduct that they were supported in the struggle by the hope of a high reward. So that they, in fact, needed not to resort to verbal arguments; for without any effort on their part, their very deeds constrained the inhabitants of every city and of every house to give credit to their tes timony even before they knew wherein it consisted.
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Having now shown that the Hebrews, although in the possession of numerous and most distinct prophecies con cerning the coming of Christ, were less willing than the Greeks to embrace the faith that is in Him, let what has been said on the subject suffice. Yet let it by no means be hence accounted contrary to reason that the church should have been mainly built up by the conversion of other nations for, in the first place, it is evident that, in divine and great affairs, God delights to bring to pass changes in a marvellous manner; and then, be it remem bered, it was by the exercise of no common virtues that those who, at the very beginning, were at the head of religious affairs, maintained their in?uence. If they did not, indeed, possess resplendent gifts of eloquence, nor the power of convincing their hearers by means of ma thematical demonstration, yet they accomplished the work they had undertaken. They gave up their pro perty, neglected their kindred, were stretched upon a cross, and, as if endowed with bodies not their own, suf fered divers excruciating tortures; neither seduced by the adulation of the rulers and people of any city, nor terrified by their menaces, they clearly evidenced by their conduct that they were supported in the struggle by the hope of a high reward. So that they, in fact, needed not to resort to verbal arguments; for without any effort on their part, their very deeds constrained the inhabitants of every city and of every house to give credit to their tes timony even before they knew wherein it consisted.
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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.
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