| 单词 | Christian era |
| 例句 | Before the Christian era Judaism was my religion, the nuns said. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The first period of hegemony was that of Chavin, which from about 700 b.c. to the dawn of the Christian era controlled the central coast of Peru and the adjacent mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mr Butterworth, apart from a horrid reference to 'Christian era' when he means AD, writes beautifully. High praise for Butterworth play 2012-10-29T11:52:41Z It slipped into oblivion in the early Christian era before being rediscovered in the 19th century by Claudius Rich. Babylon's undiscovered treasures threatened by new oil pipeline 2012-05-29T13:06:00Z Another excursion, southwest on the road to Valencia, is the remains of the so-called Roman Villa de Centcelles, actually a mausoleum dating from the early Christian era. Overnighter: Near Barcelona, Gems From Ancient Rome 2011-06-03T19:03:42Z The chronological path will aid visitor understanding of the progression of art from ancient Greece and Rome to the Christian era, Bennett said. Cleveland museum marks another project milestone 2010-06-25T19:07:00Z You get Europeans talking about how baffling it is that Africans are prone to violent conflict, as if Europeans haven’t been going at it just as horribly throughout the whole Christian era. Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z The part the shells played in the enslavement and forced transportation of people predates the Christian era by 1,000 years. Review | The human history found inside a seashell 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z As the Encyclopaedia Britannica explains, several conjunctions occurred “within 10 years of the chronological point now taken as the beginning of the Christian era”. How to watch the Jupiter and Saturn 'great conjunction' on winter solstice 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z We need to revisit the past, as if it was a much more moral Christian era — which it wasn't. Trump and the Christians: Evangelical historian John Fea on decoding the great paradox 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z This image took firm root in the Christian era, when witches were women who consorted with the devil; but old and ugly witches predated Jesus. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z The exhibition traces Jews in Jerusalem back centuries before the Christian era, and Netanyahu said it clearly shows the city’s long history “cherished” by Israelis and friends of the Jewish people and “friends of truth.” Israeli leader opens Jerusalem exhibit, rebukes opponents 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The exhibition traces Jews in Jerusalem back centuries before the Christian era. Israeli leader opens Jerusalem exhibit, rebukes opponents 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z There was a profusion of gospels and other writings in the early Christian era, and it was not until A.D. Scanning an ancient biblical text that humans fear to open 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The earliest traces of human habitation went back to the fourth millennium before the Christian era. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z When, after the early Christian era, the Last Judgment no longer seemed imminent, the idea of “realized eschatology” emerged: the believer could glimpse the world to come within the span of his own life. Bach’s Holy Dread 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Long before the Christian era, people celebrated the winter equinox. Let’s remove religious connotations and call it the winter equinox break. Religion and school holidays 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z It stretches back to the earliest days of recorded human history, with the Bible noting the destruction of religious statues in the Syrian region centuries before the Christian era. From Parthenon to Palmyra: a history of cultural destruction 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Before the Christian era, the island was home to thick oak forests and productive vineyards. The Island Where People Forget to Die 2012-10-28T05:14:42Z The building could not have been reoccupied—as the coins of Archelaus show—till somewhere near the beginning of the Christian era. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Brideshead revisited THE Gnostics of the early Christian era prized esoteric knowledge as a means of spiritual fulfilment. Jesus: Brideshead revisited 2012-09-20T15:00:32Z Pythagoras, who lived before him, may, if Ovid, writing near the Christian era, is to be trusted, have reached some sound conclusions about the action of water in the changes of land and sea areas. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z The destruction of the temple of Zeus at Apamea in Syria is one of several pieces of large-scale vandalism attributed to militant Christians around the fourth century of the Christian era. From Parthenon to Palmyra: a history of cultural destruction 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But during the first centuries of the Christian era, this municipal autonomy, by a process which can only be imperfectly traced in detail, decayed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z It is inconceivable that they would invent the names of forty or fifty kings, most of whom ruled there over a thousand years before the Christian era. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Long before the Christian era classical and sacred writers made mention of that "sweet cane" whose product plays so important a part in the everyday requirements of modern life. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z The religion of the natives of Abyssinia itself has been from very early times Christian, and they possess a native version of the Scriptures which dates from the fourth century of the Christian era. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z India has had many such revolutions, dating far back before the Christian era. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The Jews have always been, however, an intensely literary people, and the books ultimately accepted as canonical were only a selection from the literature in existence at the beginning of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z O’Donovan says that if any reliance can be placed on Irish chronology, the antiquity of Aileach must be very great, no less than upwards of a thousand years before the Christian era. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z From what has been stated, it will be seen that the religious quarrels which have taken place from the commencement of the Christian era, arose from the uncertain standard appealed to by the various sects. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z He was asked how many days and hours had elapsed since the Christian era commenced. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Fire wrought havoc at Rome in the Amphitheater in the year 14 B. C., and the Circus Maximus was similarly destroyed three times in the first century of the Christian era. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Even in the Lord’s Prayer, found in Jewish rituals long before the Christian era, there are evidences that it was first addressed to Saturn. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z She lived about half a century before the Christian era. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z In Homer’s Iliad, we have a similar account, written, according to historians, about nine hundred years before the Christian era. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The duke of Cambridge asked the number of seconds in the time elapsed since the commencement of the Christian era, 1813 years, 7 months, 27 days. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z So too were many of the mythic Sungods and so was Krishna, whose story, similar in many respects with that of Jesus, was current long prior to the Christian era. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Philo, the celebrated writer of his day, was born about twenty years before the Christian era, and spent his time in philosophical studies at that centre of learning, Alexandria in Egypt. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Towards the close of the 1st century of the Christian era the Hiung-nu empire broke up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z It has been computed that as many as one million persons have suffered, in various ways, since the commencement of the Christian era. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z By two conspicuous features the decaying Paganism of the Christian era was distinguished,—its unbelief and its licentiousness. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Unfortunately for his statement, the Essenean brothers existed, with all the peculiarities described, long before the Christian era. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z As we have said, in various parts of the world, especially in the continent of Asia, there are many standing proofs of an advanced stage of civilization many centuries before the Christian era. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z For ages before the Christian era, they not only expected the coming of the Messiah, but also, that no nation but their own would be interested in that glorious event. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The Jew, the Greek, and the Roman, prior to the Christian era, were probably cleaner in person and in dwellings than the people of the time when dirt became the odor of sanctity. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z There are great areas over which in Christian life and thought the same general characteristics are to be seen, which were manifested in other ways before the Christian era. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z There were many men named Jesus at the commencement of the Christian era, but that a Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead is not supported by a particle of evidence. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Portable sun-dials succeeded fixed dials; they have been known as long as the Christian era; shepherds' dials were the "Kalendars" or "Cylindres" about which treatises were written as early as the thirteenth century. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Table showing the ratio of gold and silver in various countries of the world up to the Christian era. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z The same uncertainty hangs over epidemics during the first centuries of the Christian era. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Seneca's early life Seneca was born at Cordova in Spain about the Christian era—certainly not long before it. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z The followers of Plato about two hundred years after his death, but more than a century before the Christian era, reported that he had been born of a virgin. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z He begins with the imaginary story of Brutus, king of Britain, a thousand years before the Christian era, and his division of the island between his three sons. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z However, other metals are believed to have been mined, upon commercial scales, before the Christian era. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z It was recognized in Greece before the Christian era, and in the early centuries after Christ it had extended widely over Europe. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It is supposed by a Greek colony that landed on the shores of Southern Italy, and there founded cities and built temples at least six hundred years before the Christian era. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z But Essenism was much older than the Christian era, despite the pretense of Eusebius of the absolute identity of Essenes and the early Christians. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Perfect maxims for the conduct of life were uttered and repeated in India and China hundreds and hundreds of years before the Christian era. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The Greek version differed from the Hebrew, and there was no generally received text of the Old Testament until after the beginning of the Christian era. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Whether this malady occurred prior to the Christian era is uncertain. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z At the commencement of the 7th century of the Christian era a new character was about to be impressed on a large portion of the world. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z What became of the sects of the Essenes and Therapeutists after the commencement of the Christian era? The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z But why did such a terrible doom fall upon these two false ones at the very beginning of the Christian era? The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z It spread westward to Europe and was cultivated by the ancient Greeks under the name σίκυος; it did not reach China until two hundred years before the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Various objects, dating from periods long anterior to the Christian era, have been found, marked with crosses of different designs, in almost every part of the old world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z And nothing can be more susceptible of proof than that this rite or ordinance is of pagan origin, and was practically recognized many centuries prior to the dawn of the Christian era. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z It may further be remarked that at a most early period of the Christian era there appears to have been great doubts as to the real existence of Christ. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The occupation of tombs, by the outcasts of society, was common, long before the Christian era. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z I think it sufficiently evident, that, during the first two centuries of the Christian era, at least, two professions were esteemed incompatible. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z It was used as a religious emblem in India and China at least ten centuries before the Christian era, and is met with on Buddhist coins and inscriptions from various parts of India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The Japanese also proclaimed their belief in a Divine Word before the Christian era, which, in their language, was Amina. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z During the first four centuries of the Christian era there seems to have been no fixed opinion as to whether there was a ransom-price paid to God or the devil. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z At no time known to us, whether before or since the Christian era, has the series of trance-manifestations,—of supposed communications with a supernal world,—entirely ceased. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Such a sport was undoubtedly cultivated in the old Irish games, a large stone being substituted for the wheel at the beginning of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Centuries of the Christian era passed away before the Sunday was observed by the Christian church as a Sabbath. The Christian Sabbath Is It Of Divine Origin? 2011-12-24T03:08:07.640Z According to the celebrated Christian writer Mr. Goodrich, the Christian world had no chronology and recorded no dates for several centuries after the commencement of the Christian era. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The Epistles of Paul, both genuine and spurious, recognize the gnosis, and there were Gnostic sects, as well as individual Gnostics, both before and after the Christian era. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z From this society were furnished all the monks which populated the deserts of Africa before the Christian era began. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z There is historical evidence that, up to two centuries before the Christian era, idolatry had made little progress among this people. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z In these, Greek literature and culture attained their highest development between the 3rd and the 8th centuries of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z If this were true, then Gods must have been very numerous prior to the Christian era. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z They are the sole reality of the centuries after the Christian era, because they had been in the centuries long before. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z If things are such in this, the twentieth century of the Christian era, what may the next one show forth to the eyes and imaginations of mortals? Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z The period of his existence is fixed by many at six hundred years, by others again at a thousand years, before the Christian era. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z All of them antedate the Christian era, and some of them by many centuries. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z Curoi Mac Dara, a celebrated chief who flourished in the time of the Red Branch Knights of Ulster, viz., in the first century of the Christian era. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Thucydides alludes to volcanic eruptions which occurred five hundred years before the Christian era. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z The term amber is of Arabic origin—from Ambar—and this term was adopted by the Greeks after the Christian era. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Some Spanish writers have asserted that the first stage of the Giralda Tower was commenced in the year 1000 of the Christian era 'by the famous Moor, Herver.' The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z And thirdly, there is no independent Armenian tradition of the flood so far as is known, for it can not be shown that the modern tradition is older than the Christian era. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z It would seem that, in the first century of the Christian era, the methodic system was divided into various subordinate ones—the Pneumatic, Episynthetic, and Eclectic. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The Chinese have records of meteoric showers, and the fall of aërolites, which occurred more than six hundred and forty years before the Christian era. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z It is not, however, until the beginning of the Christian era that we get definite literary information, especially with regard to litharge, in Dioscorides and Pliny. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The tenth century of the Christian era is a fortunate and illustrious period in Spanish history. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z By the 2nd century of the Christian era the dispute between the Anomalists and the Analogists was finally settled, analogy being recognized as the principle that underlies language, though every rule admits of exceptions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Theophrastus, who wrote a history of plants about three centuries before the Christian era, mentions the almond as the only tree in Greece that produces blossoms before the leaves. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The age of this tablet is fixed “between the second and fifth centuries of the Christian era,” which in itself seems to be a wide enough margin. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z About the Christian era the terms orichalcum or aurichalcum undoubtedly refer to brass, but whether these terms as used by earlier Greek writers do not refer to bronze only, is a matter of considerable doubt. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Some of these monuments are considered to date as far back as 2,000 years before the Christian era. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The plant has been cultivated in Egypt from the beginning of the Christian era, but there is no proof that it was known to the ancient Egyptians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Yea, more, the words to Moses in the wilderness were never paralleled in the utterances of man before the Christian era. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z We will take the fourteenth century of the Christian era, especially the first half. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Built by the pagan Firbolgs in the first century of the Christian era, these mortarless walls, Cyclopean as they are called, having braved the tempests of nineteen hundred years, still stand. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z Set up in its original position at Heliopolis about fifteen centuries before the Christian era, this venerable monument of a remote antiquity is nearly thirty-five centuries old. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z The old and venerable Munis and Rishis, and their philosophical dissertations, their theological controversies and their religious and ethical disquisitions, evoked the admiration of the world in the dark ages before the Christian era. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z In India an approximate value appears in a certain poem written before the Christian era, but the date is uncertain. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z Although sunspots have been observed with care in Europe only a little more than three centuries, the Chinese have records which go back nearly to the beginning of the Christian era. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Even sleep, the last refuge of the unhappy, was rigorously measured; and it was to lives of self-denial like this that great multitudes in the first century of the Christian era betook themselves. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z The Essenes, who flourished in Egypt and Palestine before the Christian era, were an organization of monks who derived their theological principles from the God Theuth, the founder of the Egyptian religious ceremonies. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The Franks, a Germanic people who lived early in the Christian era and who gave their name to France, used the battle-ax as their chief weapon. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Its age is traced by the traditions of the country half way through the Christian era. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z The last dated tablet at present known to us is almost as late as the Christian era. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z The history of the kingdom of God in the Christian era was arranged in seven periods, corresponding to the seven apocalyptic epistles, trumpets, and seals. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z These remarks are equally applicable to the commencement of the Christian era. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Saint Augustine refers to a church meeting held at Carthage in the fourth century of the Christian era, at which eight shorthand writers were employed, two working at a time. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z But no reference to this legend is to be traced during the first six centuries of the Christian era. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z The annalists of the western empire give it as Castrum-Caino, and whether its origin dates from antediluvian times or not, it was a town in the very earliest days of the Christian era. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Herodotus tells us that it was served at royal tables some centuries before the Christian era, and one of the Roman families ennobled its name with that of Lactucin�. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z It is important to remember that the theory of demoniacal possession, and its supposed cure by means of exorcism and invocations, was most common among the Jews long before the commencement of the Christian era. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z About seven hundred and fifty years before the Christian era some Latian settlers founded a town on the banks of the Tiber and became the Roman people. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z That threat, fulminated from thousands of pulpits, has frightened timid and weak people in nearly every age of the Christian era. Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester 2011-07-22T02:00:20.277Z Yet, even in Pausanias, in the second century of the Christian era, and still more in Plutarch and Porphyry, there remains an awful acquiescence in such wild dogmas and sacred traditions as antiquity handed down. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Jews were a mark for persecution before there was a Christian in Rome, before the Christian era began. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z We have shown how rank were these "defects" at the commencement of the Christian era, and among the chief witnesses for Christianity. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z The region directly south of Rome, called the Campagna, is one of the most malarious localities in the world, and it was settled at least 700 years before the Christian era. The Civil War and Malaria 2011-07-14T15:45:00.377Z We find cattle mentioned in the earliest known records of the Hebrews, Chaldeans and Hindus, and carved on the monuments of Egypt, thousands of years before the Christian era. Louisiana Beef Cattle 2011-07-08T02:00:22.913Z A metaphysical term which originally meant joy, but which since the beginning of the Christian era has come to mean pain. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z The origin of Christian monasticism is due partly to the moral conditions prevalent in the early centuries of the Christian era and partly to the mystical and ascetic tendencies which manifest themselves in some individuals. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z A little before the Christian era it began to grow obsolete, probably from its being lost in pronunciation. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z He is usually considered as the founder of the Persian empire, and was born about 600 years before the Christian era. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z They are a sect who still adhere to the law of Moses, but who separated from the general body, as some writers suppose, several centuries before the Christian era. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The Council of Nice, which was held in the year 325 of the Christian era, adopted a fixed rule to determine the time at which Easter falls. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z This type of school also originated at Alexandria, and arose out of the intellectual activities which made that city so important a centre during the first and second centuries of the Christian era. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z To reduce the Mundane era of Constantinople to the Christian era, deduct 5508 from the former for the months of January to August; and 5509 for September to December. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z The first of this line was Nerva, who began his reign in the year 96 after the Christian era, when he was himself quite advanced in age. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z The patent medicine men of Rome in the early Christian eras made use of just the same methods that are employed to-day. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z It is uncertain when they became Jews: one account suggests in Solomon’s time; another, at the Babylonian captivity; a third, during the 1st century of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z HE history of meteorological instruments dates back at least as far as the fourth century before the Christian era, when the depth of rainfall was measured in India by some form of gauge. The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 2011-06-09T02:00:19.213Z A chronological table, showing the corresponding years of the Mundane era, the Christian era, and the Indiction, from a.d. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the seventeenth Emperor of Rome, and began his reign on the 2nd of March, 161 years before the Christian era. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Du Halde and the missionary Jesuits assert that this art was practised by the Chinese half a century before the Christian era! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The oldest meteorological instrument is, no doubt, the weather or wind-vane, which had its origin before the Christian era. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z In short, the Egyptians held shepherds in aversion in the fifth, but not in the fifteenth, century before the Christian era.' The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z What race brought the Lingam worship into India is not known, but it seems to have come from the basin of the Lower Indus through Rajputana, about the beginning of the Christian era. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z His temperance and tranquil spirit were probably favourable to longevity, as he died on the verge of ninety-nine, two hundred and sixty-four years before the Christian era. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z The first year of the Christian era had 10 for its number in the cycle of the sun, 2 in the cycle of the moon, and 4 in the cycle of the indiction. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Kites are supposed to have been invented four hundred years before the Christian era by Archytas, and at Smyrna the flying of kites remains a national sport to this day. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z Doubtless in the very early years of the Christian era there was many a naval action between the British sea forces and those of the Romans stationed on the Canche. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z The need of such a refuge must be apparent to any one having even the most superficial knowledge of Roman municipal life in the first century of the Christian era. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z He was born about the year six hundred and thirty-three, before the Christian era, and at the early age of eight was called to succeed his father on the throne. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Hero, a Greek physician who lived at Alexandria a century before the Christian era, tells how the ancients used it. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z The earliest occupation of Cliff Palace cave was probably before, or immediately following, the beginning of the Christian era. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z The beginning of the Christian era is therefore a suitable period at which to take a survey of the arts of fortification and siegecraft as practised by the ancients. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z This control of special correspondents does not include the correspondent of the London Times, who wouldn't be believed if he published all the news of the next Christian era. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z After Greece came Rome, which by the early part of the Christian era had conquered Spain, Greece, Gaul, Helvetia, Germany between the Danube and the Alps, Illyria, and Dacia. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Dosith�eans, an ancient sect among the Samaritans, so called from their founder Dositheus, who was a contemporary and associate of Simon Magus, and lived in the first century of the Christian era. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The Essenes appear to have sprung up in the course of the century preceding the Christian era, and disappeared on the dispersion of the Jews after the siege of Jerusalem. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z In the first and second centuries of the Christian era many of these pretenders sprang up in different portions of the Latin empire, and gave the Romans a great amount of trouble. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z There have been Jews in France from earliest times, perhaps from the very beginning of the Christian era. The Allied Countries and the Jews 2011-03-29T02:00:08.617Z Possibly both lasted until the rise of the Himyarites at the beginning of the Christian era. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The coming of Roman civilisation tended to restrict racial intermingling, and from the beginning of the Christian era the Channel became more and more a real frontier. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z He lived in the third century before the Christian era, and was court physician of Seleucus Nicator, King of Syria. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Pictorial sculptures at Beni Hassan and Thebes prove the latter to have been among the sports of the Egyptians nearly three thousand years before the Christian era. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z At last I turned to the very front and found that the manuscript was by Ahmid, an occult adept of Hindustan, who lived somewhere in the second or third century of the Christian era. Palos of the Dog Star Pack 2011-03-20T02:00:36.067Z At a period not much later than the Christian era, they must have come in contact with Letto-Lithuanian peoples in the Baltic provinces, and also with Scandinavians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z But after all the blessings and privileges conferred upon them, they fell into great wickedness in the third and fourth centuries of the Christian era, and finally were destroyed by the hands of the Lamanites. A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:21.363Z Egyptian Blue, a brilliant and very permanent pigment used by the Romans in the early centuries of the Christian era. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z But one was born before the beginning of the Christian era and the other long after the Christian church was established. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Such precepts had been taught long before the Christian era, and the philosophy professed by some of the contending sects among the Jews in the time of Christ had been influenced thereby. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z Around this hill, in the fifth century of the Christian era, had rallied the last remnant of a once powerful and highly polished nation called the Nephites. Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z Others date from Roman times, in the first few centuries of the Christian era; others from the eleventh century and even later. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Aquileia, one of the greatest seaports of the Mediterranean in the early centuries of the Christian era, is now 7 m. from the coast, and Adria, which gives its name to the sea, is 13. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Until the last century or so before the Christian era, the Mongol and the Nordic peoples had not been in close touch. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Errors concerning the sacrament, and its signification, and the manner of administering it, grew rapidly in the professed Christian churches during the early centuries of the Christian era. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z From that very time to the present—One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one of the Christian era, the voice of a Prophet has not been heard among the Jews. Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z Until the fourteenth century of the Christian era it remained that of the Abyssinian empire, and in it are embodied all the annals of her religion. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Hour, or sand-glasses, are also said to have originated at Alexandria, and to have been introduced into domestic use amongst the Romans eight years afterwards, or 158 years before the Christian era. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z THE soul of man under that Latin and Greek empire of the first two centuries of the Christian era was a worried and frustrated soul. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Indeed, at the opening of the Christian era and for centuries thereafter, Judaism was more or less intimately mixed with pagan philosophy, and contaminated with heathen ceremonies. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z It certainly looked as if it might be fourteen hundred years old, or even as old as the Christian era. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Thus eight years have been lost in the computation of time, and their Anno Domini 1834 corresponded with the Christian era 1842. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Autumn, Six-fold Screen, by Yeitoku, 1543-1590 In the middle of the VI century of the Christian era, Buddhism was introduced into Japan by way of Korea. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z This obelisk, the oldest in Egypt, was erected by the second king of the fourth dynasty, about two hundred years before the dawn of the Christian era. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z This inscription commemorates the progress of Christianity in China, and was erected in the year of the Christian era 718. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Archaeological authorities are of opinion that the cave must have been excavated about the 10th century of the Christian era, if not earlier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The motive for crime remains pretty much the same to-day as it did before the Christian era, and will continue to remain the same until the economic conditions of human existence are readjusted. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z It represents a scene apparently laid in the catacombs of Rome early in the Christian era. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z In the fourth century of the Christian era the Temple of Eleusis was destroyed by the Goths, at the instigation of the monks, who followed the hosts of Alaric. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z This conclusively shows, that this peculiar form of the arch was not first introduced with Gothic architecture, as has been generally believed, but belongs to a period anterior to the Christian era. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Those of Roman type date approximately from the first five centuries of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z He was one of a long line that stretched back through more than half of the Christian era and most of the history of France. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z In numbering the years before the Christian era the astronomical nomenclature is used, in which the number of the year is one less than that used by the chronologists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z For nine centuries—that period of time being divided almost equally between the pre-Christian and Christian eras—they were the Palladium of Greek Paganism. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z History and tradition supported this belief; and the general character of the sculptures and architecture, together with the inscriptions, would carry its origin back to a period some centuries before the Christian era. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Before the Christian era the Romans subdued it, and later on the Franks laid hands upon it. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Observation is the one thing that counts, Alexandria continued to have her reputation, however, and in the first century of the Christian era was the centre of medical interest. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z The date of this curious antique cannot be less than two thousand eight hundred years before the Christian era. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z A mistake was doubtless made at the time the Christian era was introduced into chronology. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The discovery of Druidical remains clearly points to the practice of religious rites of the Britons prior to the Christian era. Cathedral Cities of England After the Christian era it was accompanied by Chinese Buddhism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Menander, three hundred years before the Christian era, refers to it, as do Lucian and others. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Those who lived in the remote ages antecedent to the Christian era probably knew as much of natural history as the unlettered peasant of our own age and country. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Recurrence of eclipses.—Before the beginning of the Christian era astronomers had found out a rough-and-ready method of predicting eclipses, which is still of interest and value. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Prior to the Christian era the cross was looked upon with disfavour. Cathedral Cities of England On the contrary there have been 20 dynasties since the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" We find it quoted by Euripides long before the Christian era. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources It was in the reign of Tiberius in the 774th year of Rome and the 20th of the Christian era, that Pliny was born. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History About four hundred years before the Christian era, the government of Syracuse fell into the hands of Dionysius, a successful general of the army. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) They remained in undisturbed possession till within a century prior to the Christian era, when they were expelled by the Belg�, who advanced from their settlements on the southern coasts into the interior. Cathedral Cities of England It came to Greece about the middle of the 4th century B.C., and reached Rome before the opening of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Cicero, before the Christian era, thus quoted it. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources This event took place on the 24th August, in the seventy-ninth year of the Christian era, and a few months after the demise of Vespasian. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History He was born two hundred and eighty-eight years before the Christian era, and from fifty to one hundred years after the appearance of the far-famed Euclid. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) The fact became eventually an ingrained tradition in the history of the country, subsisting in Irish literature for centuries after the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" By the commencement of the Christian era Gaul and Britain had fallen under the yoke of Rome, and their complete Romanisation was only a question of time. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race It is at least as ancient as Hesiod, who wrote his "Theogony," and introduced this proverb therein, some nine hundred years before the Christian era. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Babylon was a royal city sixteen hundred years before the Christian era; but the old city was almost entirely destroyed in 683 B.C. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The continual prevalence of fierce wars, civil commotions, and persecutions at the beginning of the Christian era must have made retirement and religious meditation agreeable to men of quiet and contemplative minds. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli A.D., anno Domini, in the year of our Lord: used also as if equivalent to 'after Christ', or 'of the Christian era'. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The connexion with Palestine has always been close; and the Abyssinian settlement is probably as late as the beginning of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" In the Edda we meet with many striking Scandinavian proverbs, and one of the books of the Bible, compiled about a thousand years before the Christian era, is wholly devoted to proverbial teaching. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Anuradhapura became the capital of Ceylon in the 5th century B.C., and attained its highest magnificence about the commencement of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" "Twenty-six centuries before the Christian era is the best we can give Si-Ling-Chi," said the professor, carefully affixing his glasses and falling once more upon the pajamas. The Haunted Pajamas Over twelve hundred layers have been counted on the stumps of Sequoias in California, and it is probable that some trees now living antedate the Christian era. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools In the early centuries of the Christian era, both within and without the ranks of the church, the Platonic tone and method were paramount throughout the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" During the early years of the Christian era, the district was inhabited by the Semnones, and afterwards by various Slavonic tribes, who were partially subdued by Charlemagne, but soon regained their independence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" By the ancients and the earlier naturalists of the Christian era they were regarded either as petrifactions or as plants, and many supposed that they occupied a position midway between minerals and plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Little, however, was done in the science of botany, properly so called, until the 16th century of the Christian era, when the revival of learning dispelled the darkness which had long hung over Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Up to the time of the Christian era, the savage and the civilized man alike held substantially the same theories. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Before the Christian era it had come to include all the inhabitants of the peninsula. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" In the month of November, 1918, greater changes of this nature took place in the political world than in all the years which preceded that month since the beginning of the Christian era. The Career of Leonard Wood This apocalypse is of very great importance, on account of its very full treatment of the theological questions rife in the latter half of the 1st century of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Recent archaeological research has proved the existence of Slavic inhabitants in Bohemia as far back as the beginning of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" In the first centuries of the Christian era it was customary for the ceremony of baptism to be performed in buildings known as baptisteries, apart from, but close to, cathedrals and important parish churches. Architecture We find decayed peoples in the Christian era, but the church has always rescued and regenerated them. The Progressionists, and Angela. Centuries before 1440 printing is believed to have been attempted in China; presumably about the beginning of the Christian era. From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 It may belong, however, to the 2nd or 3rd centuries of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" It continued to be the usual vehicle of writing until the early centuries of the Christian era, was used for pontifical bulls until A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" However this may be, the eight sons of Milesius, after their father's death—many centuries before the Christian era—set sail with a fleet, and soon arrived on the coast of Ireland. A Reading Book in Irish History Early in the Christian era, St. Augustine declared that there was no genius without a touch of insanity. Rambles in Womanland Plotinus, the real founder of Neo-Platonism, was born in 205 A.D., so that it is, as far as historical time is concerned, a product of the Christian era. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We have spoken so far of two cycles—the Mythological, whose chronology is a matter for further criticism to decide; the Heroic, or Red Branch, which we place at the beginning of the Christian era. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII This great and good man is believed to have lived about 400 years before the Christian era. The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition Iron was known in Ireland from the beginning of the Christian era, and gold, silver, copper, and bronze, long before it. A Reading Book in Irish History Carlisle was the ancient seat of the kings of Cambria, and was a Roman station in the early days of the Christian era. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands These were generally extra-mural and unconnected with churches, the practice of interment in churches or churchyards being unknown in the first centuries of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The heroes of this cycle, if we accept their historical existence in Ireland, lived from the second to the fourth centuries of the Christian era. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII It was conveyed from India to China, in the 65th year of the Christian era, at the epoch when Buddhism was beginning to make its way in the Celestial Empire. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Donatello was the first sculptor of the Christian era to revive this noble form of art. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Before passing on, we must mention several old stories which are independent of the Ulster cycle, but which deal with events which are represented as having taken place before the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Such, then, appear to have been the opinions entertained before the Christian era, concerning the past revolutions of our globe. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Drying oil was well known to the ancients, that is before the Christian era. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Since cycles of the sun date from 9 years before the Christian era, it is necessary to add the digit 9 to the digits of the current year and then divide the result by 28. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 The saints and martyrs of the Christian era were at the opposite pole from the gods and heroes of antiquity. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction These persons may or may not have actually lived, but the Irish annalists and synchronists agree in placing them about the beginning of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Several Greek colonies which settled there before the Christian era were compelled to abandon it in consequence of the violence of the eruptions. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The tinctorial value of these plants was known in India and Egypt long before the Christian era. Coal and What We Get from It It reveals not only the continuity of the Old and New Testament hymnology but also the evolution of worship in song into the early Christian era. Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries When the Arabic numerals are made clear, it remains to reduce this date to the corresponding one of the Christian era, by means of a complicated table. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. At the beginning of the Christian era the difference between the two groups can only have been very slight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Before the Christian era, from the remotest periods of which we have any tradition, this principal vent was in a state of inactivity. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Assuming them to have been one million strong we find that at least six millions was the probable population of Germany at the beginning of the Christian era. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State In the seventh and eighth centuries of the Christian era the scene of maritime activity was transferred from the Mediterranean to the North of Europe. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships In short, if we say that, hypothetically, the whole first known human age occurred within 4000 years of the Christian era, no one can say that it is geologically impossible. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science But Alexander’s conquests brought the Jews into contact with Hindu and Greek mysticism; and this probably explains the growth of the ascetic Essenes some two centuries before the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Few temples are now in existence which are known to antedate the Christian era, but undoubtedly these gray old walls form one of them. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Some centuries before the Christian era, immigrants from the east coast of India began to exert a powerful influence over Cambodia, into which they introduced Brahmanism and the Sanskrit language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The foregoing account will serve to give a fair idea of the extent to which shipbuilding was carried on in the Mediterranean in the fifth century before the Christian era. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Their habits were probably identical before the Christian era, during the Middle Ages, and at the present day. Lectures on The Science of Language What has become of the terrible Uri which lived in Europe at the commencement of the Christian era? The Romance of Natural History, Second Series There are traditions which carry back the characters of the Chinese drama to the 18th century before the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Now the fact is that rhyme was quite unknown to all the dialects of Europe, with one exception, for some centuries after the Christian era. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Thus it would seem that the art was known about 1000 years before the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Before the Christian era the area was conquered first by Greece and later by Rome and was influenced strongly by both of these early cultures. Area Handbook for Bulgaria According to the "Annals of the Four Masters," Niel Sedamin, a king of Ireland before the Christian era, was so called because "the cows and the female deer were alike milked in his reign." The Romance of Natural History, Second Series From about the beginning of the Christian era the chief tribes in the region immediately south of Egypt were the Blemmyes and the Nobatae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The collapse of Graeco-Roman culture was rapid and complete, resembling the breakdown of the civilization of the Aegean Bronze age toward the close of the second millennium before the Christian era. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. With Plutarch he played an important part in the revival of Greek literature at the end of the 1st century of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" His mischievous pranks with the various gods would make him another Mercury living in any age from the creation to the beginning of the Christian era. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina Little more than the names of kings, and these often interrupted with wide chasms, compose all the annals of China, till about the period of the Christian era. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Doctrine of the Resurrection.—Can any of your readers inform me of any traces of the doctrine of the Resurrection to be found in authors anterior to the Christian era? Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. However, the worship of the divinities of Graeco-Roman theology by no means died out during the first three centuries of the Christian era. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. But these earlier centuries of the Christian era were a season of twilight during which light and darkness mingled. Women of Early Christianity The Christian church of Egypt is the Coptic Church, which has existed almost since the beginning of the Christian era. Oriental Women She also told me with rapid brevity some names which Clement of Alexandria, a Father of the Church, applied to women in the early days of the Christian era. Seeds of Pine By the commencement of the Christian era all practical distinction between these two classes had vanished. Roman Women The "golden sands of Pactolus" were washed a thousand years before the Christian era. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Sappho was at the zenith of her fame about the beginning of the sixth century before the Christian era. Greek Women King of Israel, in the eighth century before the Christian era, prosperity both at home and abroad had given the people of both kingdoms great wealth. Oriental Women For five centuries before the Christian era cotton was largely used in the domestic manufactures of India; and the clothing of the inhabitants then consisted, as now, chiefly of garments made from this vegetable product. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" It is easy to perceive that the cruelty and lust which render the history of the first two centuries of the Christian era so lurid are simply the natural developments from preceding conditions. Roman Women That it was before Abraham—i.e., already an old establishment much more than a thousand years before the siege of Troy, and than two thousand years before our Christian era—may be inferred from Gen. xv. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time We of the Christian era have a clear doctrine of right and wrong to guide us, a law given from without ourselves, the result of revelation. Greek Women Some students place this work as early as the first, some as late as the fifth century of the Christian era. Oriental Women We find much the same idea in the ascetic saints of the early Christian era. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches About the beginning of the Christian era a great trade was carried on in coral between the Mediterranean and India, where it was highly esteemed as a substance endowed with mysterious sacred properties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Accordingly, the Chaldæans must have begun to make astronomical notes more than 2,200 years before the Christian era. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations This must have happened in the first or second century of the Christian era. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain From the Egyptians it was borrowed by the Abyssinians; it was employed also for some centuries before and after the Christian era in the calendars of Gaza and Ashkelon. The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect The other tree is situated among the ruins of Anuradhapura, planted, as its record declares, two hundred and forty years before the Christian era. The Pearl of India Toward the Christian era, as a result of the infiltration of the beliefs current among surrounding peoples, the idea of a future life took hold of the Jews. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The entire millennium before the Christian era may count for an interregnum as regards pole-stars. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Overwhelming historical facts show that the cross was used, as a religious emblem, many centuries before the Christian era, by every nation in the world. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The three or four centuries in the middle of which the Christian era falls were prolific in sects and heresies of many complexions, as were the centuries following the rise of Islam. The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect Its most famous capital is supposed to have been in its prime five or six hundred years before the Christian era, while some of its crumbling monuments belong to a much earlier age. The Pearl of India Long before the Christian era, the Zoroastrian Persians held just such a theory of a struggling deity combating the evil machinations of Ahriman. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The obvious fact that navigation must have been seriously impeded by the interregnum of Polaris, lasting for many centuries, would explain a prolonged isolation of America anterior to the Christian era. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations According to tradition it was founded by Votan in the ninth century before the Christian era. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Aside from these general considerations, it is easily shown that every part of the Old Testament is full of teaching which is of the highest value even in the twentieth century of the Christian era. The Christian View of the Old Testament One of these peculiar structures was originally over four hundred feet in height, antedating the Christian era by many years. The Pearl of India Any one who turns from the great writers of classical Athens, say Sophocles or Aristotle," writes Gilbert Murray, "to those of the Christian era must be conscious of a great difference in tone. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Buddhism entered China from India in the first century of the Christian era. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Long before the Christian era temples and statues were erected in memory of her. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning For many centuries during the Christian era science was almost completely dominated by theology. The Christian View of the Old Testament Now, the highest representatives of men who have thus endeavored, during the Christian era, to search out these deep things, and relate them, are Dante and Milton. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse All through the early years of the Christian era, and during the Middle Ages, this contrast existed and controlled ethics. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Cremation was the commonest method of disposing of the dead among the Romans, until the Christian era, when stone coffins came into use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The ancient Greeks and Romans worshiped the Virgin Mother and Child for centuries before the Christian era. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Indeed, until the middle of the second century of the Christian era, the only Scriptures accepted as authoritative were those of the Old Testament. The Christian View of the Old Testament Cloves were one of the principal Oriental spices that early excited the cupidity of Western commercial communities, having been the basis of a rich and lucrative trade from an early part of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The oldest existing manuscripts were made in the fourth and fifth centuries of the Christian era, and no two of these are exactly alike. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography This puts the cave age contemporaneous with or prior to the Christian era. Through Our Unknown Southwest Here we have distinctly enumerated God, the Logos, and the Spirit or Holy Ghost, in a very early period, long previous to the Christian era. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning So the Europeans of about the 15th century of the Christian era may be said to have entered upon the Second or Middle Status of civilization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Structure of the Mountain.—Etna, unlike Vesuvius, has ever been a burning mountain; hence it was well known as such to classic writers before the Christian era. Volcanoes: Past and Present In some ancient time before the Christian era, a Roman conqueror found in an Oriental city four magnificent horses that pleased him. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise The year 1 in Japan is the same date as 660 B.C. of the Christian era, so that Japan is now in its twenty-sixth century. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality This remarkable man was born a few years before the commencement of the Christian era, and during his career, sustained the role of a philosopher, religious teacher and reformer, and a worker of miracles. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning These elements will enable us to convert, by a simple arithmetical operation, any historical date, of which the chronological characters are given according to any era whatever, into the corresponding date in the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" He who dated time, the Christian era, and spanned eternity, was the meekest man on earth. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 It was built by Pericles four hundred years before the Christian era. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise With the opening of the Christian era a usurper came to the Chinese throne. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality What then must we think of the history of the first three centuries of the Christian era? Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning It consists of 7980 Julian years; and the first year of the Christian era corresponded with the year 4714 of the Julian period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" This alone we know, that the early rulers of London before the Christian era passed away like the wild beasts they fought and slew, and their very names have perished. Old and New London Volume I The construction work done under the great kings Ramses I, Seti I, Ramses II, and Amenophis III, who ruled over Egypt thirteen centuries before the Christian era, has never been surpassed. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise At the beginning of the fifth century of the Christian era China had fallen into a state of decrepitude. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Ramses the Great, generally called Sesostris, is supposed to have reigned one thousand five hundred years before the Christian era, about coeval with Moses, or a century later. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning It is stated by D’Herbelot that the era of the Hegira was instituted by Omar, the second caliph, in imitation of the Christian era of the martyrs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" It was evidently quite obsolete, however, at the time of the compilation of the Shuo Wên, about a hundred years after the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Anxious as he was to uphold the doctrine of growth in theology, he allowed nothing for it in the realm of morals, at any rate in the Christian era, since the thirteenth century. The History of Freedom The Alchemists claim for their science the remotest antiquity possible, but it was not until three or four centuries after the Christian era that the doctrine of transmutation began to spread. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Aristophanes of Byzantium, who lived in the third century before the Christian era. the principle of analogy. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature In the Christian era the years are simply distinguished by the cardinal numbers; those before Christ being marked B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" But granting even that the heathen world "for many ages before the Christian era" was more populous than all Christendom now is:—what then? Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford According to Chinese chronology, this art was discovered in China about fifty years before the Christian era. The Author's Printing and Publishing Assistant Comprising Explanations of the Process of Printing; Preparation and Calculation of Manuscripts; Choice of Paper, Type, Binding, Illustrations, Publishing, Advertising, &c.; with an Exemplification and Description of the Typographical Marks Used in the Correction of the Press We have some knowledge of the character of these early works, as far back as Democritus, four hundred and sixty years before the Christian era. Soil Culture Cæsar's Britain is Kent, in the last half-century before the Christian era. The Ethnology of the British Islands Indiction.—The cycle of Indiction was very generally followed in the Roman empire for some centuries before the adoption of the Christian era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" One is added to the year of our Lord because the first year of the Christian era was the second of the Cycle. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia In Alexandria before the Christian era one could buy a copy of the manuscript of a great author, but it was at a high price. History of Human Society Several of the systems of philosophy were probably constructed anterior to the Christian era; but the date at which they were put into their present form is undetermined. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion This implies an objection to all the arguments in favour of a Germanic population occupant of Britain anterior to the Christian era, which are based on the name Belgæ. The Ethnology of the British Islands To reduce the civil dates of the Armenians to the Christian era, proceed as follows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Auberville absolutely places before us the materials as well as the patterns of the weaving of the Christian era, as well as fragments of Egyptian textiles, in his beautiful book on Tissues. Needlework As Art Social conditions at the beginning of the Christian era. History of Human Society The period has comprised most of the great movements, political or intellectual, which have occurred in European history since the Christian era. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The belief of Sakya having lived among them since about the commencement of the Christian era, is probably confined to Nepal, and other remote parts, where no means of knowing the contrary exists. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha The explanation is rather to be sought in the political condition of the early centuries of the Christian era, especially in the rise of Mahommedanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The missionaries, he says, are so foolish, 'that the natives almost instinctively duck and pelt them,' as, one cannot help remembering, missionaries of an earlier Christian era had been ducked and pelted. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) But––and here is the important fact for us––Paul’s letters exhibit a marvelous spiritual growth in the man, and show him at last to be the grand master-metaphysician of the Christian era. Carmen Ariza Apollonius was a Pythagorean philosopher, born in Cappadocia about four years before the Christian era. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Gautama, according to the best authorities, lived in the sixth century before the Christian era, and Sakya in the first century after the birth of our Lord. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha It probably visited Europe as early as the beginning of the Christian era, and since then the migrations of the people from the Far East have from time to time introduced the disease. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The cross was worn as a personal ornament ages before the Christian era by the Assyrians, and we are told that the Druids also used this symbol in very early times. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them Something happened in that first century of the so-called Christian era––something of tremendous significance. Carmen Ariza St. Ignatius the Martyr was born about the middle of the first century of the Christian era, and is said to have been baptized by the apostle John. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Any one who turns from the great writers of classical Athens, say Sophocles or Aristotle, to those of the Christian era must be conscious of a great difference in tone. Five Stages of Greek Religion It was known and described several centuries prior to the beginning of the Christian era, and from the earliest dawn of history it has been feared and dreaded. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Q. How long before the Christian era did this happen? The Buddhist Catechism My friend, something happened in that first year of our so-called Christian era. Carmen Ariza Jehovah does not seem to have been omnipresent then; that attribute attaches to him only since the beginning of the Christian era, when he assumed universal sway. Bible Romances First Series Some indeed go to the length of declaring—or at least of insinuating—that all the real truth and goodness there is in the world began with the Christian era. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Monogamy was practised by the rude Teutons before Christianity "converted" them by fraud and force, and it was the law in pagan Greece and Rome before the Christian era. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) A. Six hundred and twenty-three years before the Christian era. The Buddhist Catechism The general condition of religion in the Roman Empire at the beginning of the Christian era was one of far advanced disintegration and rapid synthesis. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity Not before the sixteenth century of the Christian era was there any recorded scientific study of electrical phenomena. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 There are internal evidences that the original compilation must have taken place from 1170 to 1180 of the Christian era, that is, before the recapture of Jerusalem, and is therefore from the best of sources. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 After the last canon was made more than a century anterior to the Christian era, the text was not considered inviolate by the learned Jews; it received subsequent modifications and interpolations. The Canon of the Bible The date of this would be about 700 years before the Christian era, but we know nothing of the character or construction of the instrument. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" The period immediately before and after the Christian era might also appear to be one in which the mind of the world as a whole made a great step forward. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems For three thousand years before the Christian era China has been looked upon as one of the cultured nations of the earth. Japan This was in the earlier days of the Christian era, and at a time when Christian persecutions raged. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel A belief in their sanctity increased apace in the 1st century before the Christian era, so that sacredness and canonicity were almost identical. The Canon of the Bible These erections were either detached or cut in the rock, and it is only the rock-cut ones of which remains exist of an earlier date than the commencement of the Christian era. Architecture Classic and Early Christian The books were brought together into one only at some period after the Christian era. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Their statements stand in very sharp contrast with those of writers who lived before the Christian era commenced. The Story of the Cotton Plant Away from a library he could have written a quite tolerable essay on any century of the Christian era. War Letters of a Public-School Boy The wealth of India was proverbial long before the Christian era. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Concerning this instrument legend runs to the effect that it was invented by Ravana, who was king of Ceylon some 5,000 years prior to the Christian era. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. It has been divided since the Christian era into two great branches. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Perhaps one of the most careful observers that lived before the Christian era commenced, was Theophrastus, who wrote some strikingly correct things about the Cotton plant of India three centuries before Christ! The Story of the Cotton Plant It is almost as old as the Christian era. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden About fifty years before the Christian era the Romans conquered Britain, and held it for about 500 years. Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The Romans, about the beginning of the Christian era, took their husbandry to the British Isles. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 Thus the popular religion of Egypt, before and after the Christian era, had animals for its principal objects. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems For two centuries at least before the Christian era, down to the present time, the transactions of each reign are amply detailed without any interruption. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Cologne is as old as Rome in her glory,—older than the Christian era. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden That this race has dwelt on the continent long centuries before the Christian era, all facts testify. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 There was a purer atmosphere in the first centuries of the Christian era, in which primitive Christians enjoyed better conceptions of the Divine Being, to which it is the privilege of Christians to return. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 Pliny, writing in the first century of the Christian era, describes an eclipse of this kind, and refers to it as a "prodigy." Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language One of the earliest of these astrological writers was Zeuchros of Babylon, who lived about the time of the Christian era, some of whose writings have been preserved to us. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Our knowledge of tea, on the other hand, antedates the Christian era. All About Coffee There is no evidence—not a particle, that the tribes came to the continent after the opening of the Christian era. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 Throughout the early Christian era and the medieval period, medicine and religion had had a close relationship. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 That year was, in more than one way, big with portent, for there had long been a firm belief that the Christian era could not possibly run into four figures. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Thus it is clear that several of the constellations were perfectly familiar to the Greeks a thousand years before the Christian era; that is to say, about the time of Solomon. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture And the succession of years from that year 1 is called the Christian era. Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Since the Christian era, her mission has been of the same mixed character. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge The collection, as we have intimated, throws a light upon Egyptian life and history for nearly five thousand years before the Christian era, but it is only a dim light. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months He has now taken them through the Christian era again down to the time of the end. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Four thousand years before the Christian era, the two Twin stars, Castor and Pollux, served as indicators of the first new moon of the year, just as Capella did two thousand years later. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The Nilotic monuments furnish numerous portraits of the negro races, represented as slaves, sixteen hundred years before the Christian era. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Then the Chinese, in the early centuries of the Christian era, visited this land and recorded in their works much of interest about the social and religious condition of the people. India, Its Life and Thought It is nearly allied to the banyan species, and its record has been carefully kept since three hundred years previous to the Christian era. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Protestant teachers will readily tell you that these “false teachers” and “destructive sects” refer to the heresies that sprang up in the first few centuries of this Christian era. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity They extended back twenty two hundred and thirty-four years behind the Christian era. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 Running back two or three centuries before the Christian era, we find Martia, her seat of power in London, holding the reins of government so wisely as to receive the surname of Proba, the Just. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The common use of the Christian era as a note of time began, as is well known, later than the sixth century, at which M. de Rossi's series terminates. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He was disposed to give the origin of them, as well as of those in the harbor of Bombay, to a period prior to the Christian era. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The Christian era is referred to as a day. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity These sprang up in Alexandria, Babylon, and Jerusalem in the early centuries of the Christian era. History of Education And so, presently, my feet were treading turf which had probably been turf before the Christian era. The Message Pompeii was in its full glory at the commencement of the Christian era. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It is supposed to have been about the beginning of the Christian era. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks These were constructed in India before the Christian era, and introduced into Europe about the fourteenth century, when they were supposed to possess certain magical properties that I am afraid they have since lost. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems While the idea of universal education had its beginning with the Christian era, we shall see that many centuries elapsed before it reached its fulfillment. History of Education On the whole, the evidence tends to show that, during the first seven centuries of the Christian era, Japan relied on Korea mainly, and on China partially, for her supply of the precious metals. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era For example, he points to the distributive state as the happiest political condition to be found in the Christian era. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work Ashdod became the seat of a bishop early in the Christian era, but seems never to have attained any importance as a town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" It has even been shown that a splendid object, which appeared eleven years before the commencement of the Christian era, was merely Halley's comet in one of its former returns. The Story of the Heavens But to know how to appreciate and use this inheritance, we must study the slow and painful growth of these new educational ideals from the Christian era till the present time. History of Education According to Japanese annals there were only seven accessions to the throne of Yamato during the first four centuries of the Christian era. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era In the beginning of the Christian era “India” was a term of much wider application than at present. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Not the namby-pamby model that all human boys detest, but a right-minded, right-mannered, healthy, wealthy, and wise young Roman of the second century of the Christian era. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times The most ancient colonies were Utica and Carthage, built in what is now called the gulf of Tunis; and Cades, now Cadiz, was prosperous one thousand years before the Christian era. Ancient States and Empires These are the principal agencies to which were committed the most vital interests of humanity during the first fifteen centuries of the Christian era. History of Education Not until the seventh century of the Christian era were any foreign elements introduced. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Now they tell us that most of its truths were taught by their own faith even before the Christian era! India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Mechanisms that employed screws, cams, and gears were certainly in use by the beginning of the Christian era. Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Once upon a time, many years ago—how many I cannot say, but certainly it must have been before the Christian era—there lived a sublime Emperor. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 About the tenth century of the Christian era, an Arabian alchemist discovered the art of distillation, by which the active principle of fermented liquors could be drawn off and separated. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Wooden coffins appear to have been used until the beginning of the Christian era, when stone is said to have come into vogue. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Some of the stories are legends and traditions that grew up with the beginnings of the Christian era. The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures If we take the map of the world of Hecat�us, who lived 500 years before the Christian era, what do we see? Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Centuries before the Christian era, the word Catholic καθολικος is found in the sense of 'universal'; both before and after the age of Ignatius it is common in writers, classical and ecclesiastical. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 More than a thousand years before the beginning of the Christian era, in a little farmstead in Palestine, there was rejoicing at the birth of a son. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Hunting the boar and the stag was the principal pastime, and hawking is described as having been practised in the fourth century of the Christian era. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Of what it will be in the twenty-first century of the Christian era! Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He lived in the early part of the sixth century of the Christian era, though the date of his birth is not certainly known, and he was in the prime of life about 530. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The boy Zerah Colburn in half a minute solved the problem, "How many seconds since the beginning of the Christian era?" Miracles and Supernatural Religion These “signs,” the cross included, appear suspended from the necks or collars of Oriental prisoners figured on Egyptian monuments known to be fifteen hundred years older than the Christian era. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology These Katari-be would seem to have been the sole repository of their country's annals until the sixth century of the Christian era. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era IN the history of earthquakes, nothing is more remarkable than the extreme fewness of those recorded before the beginning of the Christian era, in comparison with those that have been registered since that time. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror The years of the Christian era are described in ancient documents as the years "of Grace," of "the Incarnation," of "our Lord," of "the Nativity," etc.—Chambers. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 The volume now issued contains the history of the oppression of woman, and her gradual self-emancipation down to the Christian era. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 First, there was a period which began with the origin of civilization, and lasted until the first or second century of the Christian era. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Thus, during the first five centuries of the Christian era, Chinese annals contain sixteen notices of events in Korea. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Euripides was born at Salamis in the year four hundred and eighty-five before the Christian era, and on the very day on which Themistocles with a handful of Grecians defeated the immense army of Xerxes. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 The Slavs were settled along the Dnieper, Don, and Vistula long before the Christian era. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The Christian era came, and later the opening up of trade with the East Indies and with China. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Manco-Capac III., the sixtieth sovereign of this line, is supposed to have reigned at the beginning of the Christian era, and in his time “Peru had reached her greatest elevation and extension.” Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology But although compulsory sacrifices appear to have ceased from about the first century of the Christian era, it is certain that voluntary sacrifices continued through many subsequent ages. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Look into the Acts of the Apostles, you see the wide dispersion of the Jews which had then been accomplished; a dispersion long antecedent to that penal dispersion which occurred subsequently to the Christian era. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Meanwhile Buddhism is said to have penetrated into the Chinese empire by the first century of the Christian era. Studies in Literature and History There was, along about the beginning of the Christian era, and for some time before and after, a very curious movement, which seemed to spread itself over nearly the entire world, east and west. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs I will only say here that, according to dates given in the Central American books, the Toltecs came from “Huehue-Tlapalan,” a distant country in the northeast, long previous to the Christian era. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology But the chief agent of Satan in making war upon Christ and His people during the first centuries of the Christian era, was the Roman empire, in which paganism was the prevailing religion. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan And through all that long period, two-thirds of the entire Roman history up to the Christian era, the two Chronologies flow absolutely apart. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 But after the Christian era a change came over the face of the Western world. Studies in Literature and History After the Christian era the influence of cult of the scarab was still felt. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. This city may have become a ruin during the time of the Toltecs, which began long before the Christian era, and ended some five or six centuries probably before the country was invaded by Cortez. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Long before the Christian era, these aqua ducts were constructed in order to supply water to Jerusalem. Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) During many centuries before the Christian era it had been a dead and silent mountain. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality After fifteen years' service among the lepers Father Damien died of the disease, leaving behind him a name for pure self-sacrifice that has not been surpassed since the beginning of the Christian era. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Her daughters married into noble families, and the descendants of the once Queen of the East were still known in Rome in the fifth century of the Christian era. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Their voyage was made more than eleven hundred years previous to the Christian era. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology The most ancient Mosaic works of the Christian era are to be found in the mausoleum of Constantine. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He was the son of Apollodorus, a sculptor who lived in Rome in the first or second century of the Christian era. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Early in the Christian era there came hither a people destitute of iron, but expert in the working of bronze, silver, and gold. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The college at Alexandria, wherePage 15 so many of the Fathers of the Church were educated, was founded and carefully organized by Ptolemy two centuries before the Christian era. Colleges in America Gadir, now Cadiz, founded eleven hundred years previous to the Christian era, is still an inhabited city; it has been several times reconstructed, but never deserted. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology And down that ancient Appian Way, made by Appius Claudius three centuries before the Christian era, there are many poor, and poor of a sullen mind, differing much from the laughter-loving lazzaroni of Naples. A Tramp's Notebook The ancient or classic Italian sculpture of which we have spoken may be said to have extended to about the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture During the first few centuries of the Christian era his works enjoyed a considerable vogue, and he also had a very great influence on the Renaissance period. Modern Saints and Seers Even before the Christian era the Greek philosophers themselves were preoccupied with the task of winning a state of inner serenity. The Approach to Philosophy The Toltecs are said to have come into the country about a thousand years before the Christian era. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Gnosticism is a generic name for a vast number of syncretistic religious systems prevalent, especially in the East, both before and after the Christian era. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It had travelled still farther westward by the time of the Christian era, for it was found in Britain by Julius C�sar. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. It was used by the Greeks for coinage more than eight hundred years before the Christian era, and was known to the Jewish people in very early times. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The penteconter was an early prototype of the galley of the Christian era. A History of Sea Power We have still to mention two names of illustrious travellers, living before the Christian era; those of C�sar and Strabo. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World But in the earlier Christian era all was mystery on those plains of water that stretched beyond the sunset. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Mosaics are very durable, and many belonging to the early Christian era still remain. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture This book is a Mongolian recension of a Sanskrit collection of stories concerning Vikramâditya, a monarch who, if he ever lived, seems to have flourished about the beginning of the Christian era. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology These multiple banked ships must have been most unhandy, for a reversal of policy set in till about the beginning of the Christian era the Romans had gone back to two-banked ships. A History of Sea Power From the earliest times of the Christian era there has been a great love for visiting the Holy Land, the cradle of the new religion. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World "After the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said States, otherwise that in the punishment of crimes." A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 This is one of the very largest growing trees known, and living trees in Brazil are supposed to have been growing at the commencement of the Christian era. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian era, was the province of Britain. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism The early centuries101 of the Christian era were a period of decline. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals It was begun two hundred and fourteen years before the Christian era. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。