The Acts Of The Apostles Or The History Of The Church In The Apostolic Age Volume 3

The acts of the apostles is an important book in the new testament. It tells about the foundation of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire. This work is an adaptation of the Biblical text on the acts of apostles by Ellen G. White, a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Excerpt from Acts of the Apostles, or the History of the Church in the Apostolic Age, Vol. 1 The needs of the Church, therefore, no less than the canonical character of the Acts of the Apostles, demand that this book of sacred history should be rescued from the fragmentary handling which it has hitherto been exposed'to. To prepare the way for the accomplishment of this task, which has been laid upon theo logy, and which it cannot decline, will be the attempt of the present work. It will keep in view the chief points of this problem for, assuming the strict historical character of the narratives from the beginning to the end of the Acts of the Apostles, it undertakes to point out a unity of connexion between all its parts. And these are the results of our labours. The Acts of the Apostles embrace that portion of the history of the Church, which contains the canonical beginnings, whose ecclesiastical continuations and developments are proceeding even in our own days. And the history brings these canonical principles in so authentic a manner before us, that not only may their inward course be distinctly traced, but also their normal value for all relations and conditions of the Church, which are comprised within that period, may with certainty be inferred. 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.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from Acts of the Apostles, or the History of the Church in the Apostolic Age, Vol. 3 Yea, at the last moment, before parting for ever, another possibility, and hope of averting this painful separation, spring up to him. The people of Israel at once present themselves to his mind in the light of their Divine predestination and eternal election, and the surrounding multitude appear to him as the representatives of this people. With respect, now, to the discourse itself, surely no slight evidence of its appropriateness and suitableness is afforded by the circumstance that Baur, as well as Zeller, notwithstanding the prejudices entertained by them and their whole party against all the discourses of Paul, declare that this one may, possibly, have been delivered in the form in which it is now before us (see Baur, der Apostel Paulas, S. 209; Theolog. Jahrbucher 1849, 562). It must not, however, be overlooked that, from a careful examination, Baur, after all, discovers and advances two important objections, one of which Zeller also is rather disposed to receive; so that both of these critics arrive again, after all, at their usual result, viz., that, according to all appearance, this discourse also is a free composition of the writer of the book, and that the apparent appropriateness has its sole foundation in the circumstances, that the apologetic tendency of the writer is here in tolerable harmony with the supposed situation of the Apostle. Now, I think that the peculiarity of the discourse under consideration, as well as its genuineness, will be seen in the clearest light, if we connect our farther discussion with these two objections urged by Baur. Baur is astonished at two things: First - that the people, notwithstanding the violent and turbulent excitement in which they were, should have listened so long and so quietly to the hated speaker, of whose death-deserving guilt they were convinced beforehand (see S. 303); - and, secondly, that Paul should not have entered at all into the real cause of the hatred of the Jews, - viz., his position with reference to the law (see S. 210). 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."

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.