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FURTHER PUBLICATIONS 437 248 pages young officer. “The fact that in Mohammedan law every ISBN-13: 978-1548914042 (CreateSpace-Assigned) woman must belong to some man as his absolute propISBN-10: 1548914045 erty, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay BISAC: Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has / General ceased to be a great power among men,” he noted. This Publication treats the subject of the Quran and “Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, the reason for presenting this is due to a rise in Islamic but the influence of the religion paralyses the social deterrorism which has caused great concern to many in the velopment of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde West. So with the current massive influx of Muslim’s mi- force exists in the world.” grating from the various parts of the world into Europe, Well before the birth of modern Israel, its terror Great Britain and the USA, it seems reasonable to discov- tactics and drive for world domination were felt. “Far er the roots of Islam in order to deal with the problems from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant that have occurred. Our Politicians seem clueless on how and proselytising faith. It has already spread throughout to deal with this enemy and when they are questioned Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step, they appear to know relatively little about Muhammad and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong and his teaching. One of our greatest Prime-ministers arms of science, the science against which it (Islam) in Britain William Gladstone declared the Quran an has vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe “Accursed book” and once held a copy of Muhammad’s might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.” Quran up in Parliament, declaring: “So long as there is With the influx of Muslim people from the various this book there will be no peace in the world”. parts of the continent along with their culture all of Winston Churchill was one of the greatest leaders of which is shaped by the teachings of Muhammad in the the 20th Century, who served as Prime Minister of the Quran. United Kingdom during World War II and again from Some objections and Observations are as follows: 1951 to 1955. Islam means submission As an officer of the British Army in 1897 and 1898, Islam does not mean peace he fought against a Pashtun tribe in the north west fronMulticulturalism is a failure. tier of British India and also at the Battle of Omdurman Islam denies the natural rights of women in Sudan. In both of those conflicts, he had eye-openAn Objection Halal Meat ing encounters with Muslims. These incidents allowed An Objection To Shari-ah Law his keen powers of observation and always-fluid pen to Objects to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) weigh in on the subject of Islamic society. An objection to Jihad which seeks over throw WestWhile these words were written when he was only ern culture through education, Social activity, political 25-years-old (in 1899), they serve as a prophetic warning activation and Law. to Western civilisation today. For this reason, this publication is made available “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammed- for education purposes. With this prayer that God may anism (Islam) lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical grant us all wisdom as to how we may respond to the rise frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in and threat of Islam. a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.” Churchill apparently witnessed the same phenomenon in several places he visited. “The effects are apparent in many countries: improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.” He saw the temporal and the eternal tainted by their belief system. “A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity,” he wrote. The second-class status of women also grated at the


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The Parousia Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

14min
pages 445-450

Trojan Warriors

3min
page 440

The Bierton Crisis

3min
page 438

The Everlasting Covenant

2min
page 436

The Cause of God And Truth, Part 1

1min
page 424

The Cause of God And Truth, Part II

3min
pages 425-426

The West And The Quran

2min
page 435

A Body of Practical Divinity , III, IV, V

3min
page 423

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity, V, VI

2min
page 421

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity II, II,IV

3min
page 420

FURTHER PUBLICATIONS A Body Of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1

3min
page 419

Index of German Words and Phrases

36min
pages 405-418

101. The Apocalypse

1hr
pages 377-390

Criticism

18min
pages 391-394

Index of Citations

22min
pages 399-404

100. The Epistle To The Hebrews

30min
pages 370-376

99. The Pastoral Epistles

17min
pages 366-369

97. The Epistle to the Philippians

9min
pages 362-363

Vindicated

13min
pages 359-361

98. The Epistle to Philemon

8min
pages 364-365

93. The Epistles of the Captivity

4min
page 352

95. The Epistle to the Ephesians

13min
pages 356-358

92. The Epistle to the Romans

4min
page 351

94. The Epistle to the Colossians

13min
pages 353-355

91. The Epistles to the Galatians

4min
page 350

89. The Epistles to the Thessalonians

4min
page 347

90. The Epistles to the Corinthians

8min
pages 348-349

88. The Epistles of Paul

13min
pages 344-346

87. The Catholic Epistles

12min
pages 341-343

85. The Acts of the Apostles

24min
pages 334-339

86. The Epistles

4min
page 340

Problem

22min
pages 329-333

83. John

1hr
pages 314-328

81. Mark

44min
pages 292-301

80. Matthew

26min
pages 286-291

82. Luke. Lucas

51min
pages 302-313

79. The Synoptists

44min
pages 275-285

77. Literature on the Gospels

8min
pages 268-269

78. The Four Gospels

20min
pages 270-274

76. Character of the New Testament

4min
page 267

75. Rise of the Apostolic Literature

4min
page 266

72. John and the Gospel of Love

31min
pages 256-262

Teaching

9min
pages 263-264

71. The Gentile Christian Theology

50min
pages 245-255

69. The Jewish Christian Theology

8min
pages 241-242

70. II. Peter and the Gospel of Hope

9min
pages 243-244

68. Different Types of Apostolic Teaching

4min
page 240

Christ

4min
page 237

67. Unity of Apostolic Teaching

3min
page 239

64. The Council at Jerusalem

8min
pages 235-236

62. Deacons and Deaconesses

4min
page 233

63. Church Discipline

4min
page 234

60. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists

8min
pages 228-229

61. Presbyters or Bishops

13min
pages 230-232

to the Christian Community

7min
pages 226-227

57. Sacred Times—The Lord’s Day

8min
pages 223-224

51. The Synagogue

37min
pages 214-222

46. Christianity in Individuals

4min
page 208

49. Christianity and Society

4min
page 211

45. The Spiritual Gifts

8min
pages 206-207

43. Traditions Respecting John

4min
page 203

42. Apostolic Labors of John

13min
pages 200-202

41. Life and Character of John

22min
pages 195-199

Victory— Peter and Paul at Antioch

18min
pages 169-172

on the Christian Church

4min
page 191

Jerusalem. a.d. 70

21min
pages 186-190

36. Christianity in Rome

26min
pages 173-178

Christianity

35min
pages 161-168

33. Paul’s Missionary Labors

27min
pages 155-160

32. The Work of Paul

8min
pages 153-154

31. The Conversion of Paul

42min
pages 144-152

Fiction

22min
pages 124-128

of Peter

13min
pages 121-123

23. Chronology of the Apostolic Age

4min
page 107

30. Paul before his Conversion

21min
pages 139-143

Gentiles

4min
page 136

27. James the Brother of the Lord

30min
pages 129-135

Events In The Roman Empire

6min
pages 108-109

Concluding Reflections. Faith and

17min
pages 103-106

of the Apostolic Age

13min
pages 100-102

Colossians and Ephesians Compared and

12min
pages 97-99

21. General Character of the Apostolic Age

3min
page 96

18. Apocryphal Traditions

22min
pages 80-84

Heretical Perversions of the Apostolic

26min
pages 74-79

The Forty-Six Years of Building of Herod’s Temple

8min
pages 64-65

17. The Land and the People

27min
pages 68-73

The Lord’s Supper. 220

4min
page 56

The Christian Ministry, and its Relation

18min
pages 60-63

The Church and the Kingdom of

9min
pages 66-67

Baptism. 217

4min
page 55

The Several Parts of Worship. 215

4min
page 54

Christian Worship. 215

4min
page 53

13. Judaism and Heathenism in Contact

8min
pages 45-46

Spiritual Condition of the

3min
page 51

15. The Founder of Christianity

3min
page 52

12. Grecian Literature, and the Roman Empire

17min
pages 41-44

10. The Law, and the Prophecy

4min
page 37

Effects of the Destruction of Jerusalem

4min
page 40

The Roman Conflagration and the Neronian

4min
page 38

The Conservative Reaction, and the Liberal

4min
page 36

The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Compromise between Jewish and Gentile

4min
page 35

9. Judaism

8min
pages 33-34

7. Literature of Church History

12min
pages 20-22

3. Sources of Church History

4min
page 14

FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

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page 7

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

3min
page 10

1. Nature of Church History

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page 11

Schaff, Philip, History of the Christian Church (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.) 1997. This material has been carefully compared, corrected and emended (according to the 1910 edition of Charles Scribner’s Sons) by The Electronic Bible Society, Dallas, TX, 1998.

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PREFACE TO THIRD REVISION

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