A HISTORY OF THE APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. CHAP A. D. PAGE General Denominations of the Collection of Sacred Books received by Christians General Observations upon the Canon of the New Testament Of the Method in which the Canon of the New Testament has been formed -- Of the Time of writing the Gospels, especially the first three St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Of the Time when the Apostles left Judea to go and preach the Gospel in other St. John, Apostle and Evangelist The Question considered, whether any of the first three Evangelists had seen the Gospels of the others before he wrote That the Epistle inscribed to the Ephesians was written to them That the Churches of Colosse and Laodicea were planted by the Apostle Paul Of the Seven Catholic Epistles The three Epistles of St. John The Order of the Books of the New Testament That the Books of the New Testament, consisting of a Collection of Sacred Writings, in two parts, one called Gospel, or Evangelicon; the other called Epistles, or Apostle, or Apostles, or Apostolicon, were early known, read, and made use of by The Question considered, whether any Sacred Books of the New Testament have been The Faith of inany Jewish Believers in early times, a valuable testimony to the truth Of the Treatment given to the Primitive Christians by the unbelieving Jews Josephus, with his Testimony at large to the fulfilment of our Saviour's Predictions concerning the Destruction of the Temple and City of Jerusalem, and the miseries Three Paragraphs in the works of Josephus concerning John the Baptist, our Saviour, and James the Lord's Brother, and Observations upon his Writings and Testimony The Mishnical and Talmudical Writers Joseph Ben Gorion, or Josippon A Recollection of the preceding Articles, and Reflections upon them VI. VIL. TESTIMONIES OF ANCIENT HEATHEN AUTHORS. 1. II. III. IV. V. VL VIL. VIII. The Epistle of Abgarus, King of Edessa, to Jesus, and the Rescript of Jesus to Abgarus 594 Of the Knowledge which the Emperor Tiberius had of our Saviour Jesus Christ 599 A Monumental Inscription concerning the Christians in the time of Nero 608 Pliny the Elder 77 609 Tacitus 100 610 Martial 100 615 Juvenal · 100 616 Suetonius 110 618 A PLAN OF THE TIMES AND PLACES about PLACES. Judea, or near it. Rome. Greece. Ephesus. Greece. about 63 or about about 63 or A.D. 64 64 64 68 64 Corinth. about February 58 beginning of 56 about October 57 Snear the end of 52 or the beginning of 53 about April 61 before the end of 62 before the end of 62 52 52 56 about May 61 before the end of 56. before the end of 62 in the spring of 63 Judea. 61, or beginning of 62 64 about 80 between 80 and 90 65 95 or 96 64 or PLACES. Corinth. Corinth.. Corinth, or Ephesus. ., Ephesus. Macedonia. Macedonia, or near it.. OF WRITING THE FOUR GOSPELS, THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, ST. PAUL'S EPISTLES, THE SEVEN CATHOLIC EPISTLES, AND THE REVELATION. GOSPELS, &c. EPISTLES. Galatians. A TABLE OF ST. PAUL'S EPISTLES, IN THE ORDER OF TIME, WITH THE PLACES WHERE, AND THE TIMES WHEN, THEY WERE WRITTEN. EPISTLES. 1 Thessalonians.. 2 Thessalonians. Galatians. A.D. 52 52 near the end of 52 or the beginning of 53 the beginning of 56 56 before the end of 56 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy. Titus, about October about February about April about May before the end of before the end of before the end of in the spring of THE CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPEL HISTORY, OR, THE PRINCIPAL FACTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CONFIRMED BY PASSAGES OF ANCIENT AUTHORS WHO WERE CONTEMPORARY WITH OUR SAVIOUR, OR HIS APOSTLES, OR LIVED NEAR THEIR TIME. PART II. VOL. III. B |