STRUGGLE TO ESTABLISH THE NEW FAITH IN A DYING WORLD

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Foreword[v]
I.Neither Bond nor Free[1]
II.Ardath, the Field of Flowers[45]
III.The Sword and the Sunburst[77]
IV.New Wine in Old Bottles[125]
V.“And There Shall Be No More Death”[174]
APPENDIX
Foreword to Appendix[209]
A.Concerning Paul’s Missionary Tours and Disputed Points[221]
B.Old Documents and Modern Views on the Herod Family[242]
C.The Significance of the Fall of Jerusalem and the Breaking Up of the Roman Empire[253]
D.The Disputes as to Thecla in Legend and History[264]
E.Concerning the Early Gnostics and Apollos and Apollonius and John[271]
Finale[283]

BE GLAD

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“Be glad! Be glad!” I sing!

The sun rolls round the ring

Of law! His beams outfling

Like birds of song on wing.

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