Bible Dictionary: Leaven: The Rapid Spread of the Gospel

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Matthew 13:33
Another parable spoke he to them; The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Sources and Literature of the Apostolic Age.
... The nationalities reached by the gospel in the first ... chapter of his "History,"
attributes the rapid spread to five ... or bloodshed, by a quiet, leaven-like process ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 20 sources and literature.htm

Homilies on the Gospel of John.
... 602]186; intended to be the teachers, leaven, salt, light ... without excuse, [676]273;
its general spread and mischiefs ... 981]32; readily accepted the Gospel, [982]33 ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homilies on the gospel of.htm

The Holy Catholic Church.
... the existence of the Church and its rapid extension in ... of it in His Parables; but
the leaven was at ... From Greece the Gospel spread to Rome, the capital of the ...
/.../burbidge/the kingdom of heaven what is it/chapter ix the holy catholic.htm

Some Gospel Truths Opened, According to the Scriptures; Or, the ...
... it will be needful to take a rapid glance at ... the popish wife of Charles the First,
had spread their debauching ... The old leaven, which had led the people without ...
/.../the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/some gospel truths opened according.htm

The Typical Significance of the Scriptures Declare their Divine ...
... Thus, the Gospel truths of redemption by blood-shedding ... the ancient Phariseeism in
the rapid spread of Roman ... with its two loaves baken with leaven, telling of ...
/.../the divine inspiration of the bible/chapter six the typical significance.htm

The Parables of the Kingdom.
... Mustard Seed""He described, prophetically, the outward spread of His ... And as leaven
goes on working until the whole ... seen to have a power of rapid growth and ...
/.../burbidge/the kingdom of heaven what is it/chapter iii the parables of.htm

Light at Evening Time
... So rapid has been its progress that its course could ... to be foretold by the continual
spread of the truth ... throughout our land, and the little leaven leavened the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/light at evening time.htm

Preached Before the Governor, and Council, and the House of ...
... opulence and renown; and the rise and rapid progress of ... heart, Christ likens to a
little leaven which a ... How did Christianity spread and flourish, by one, who ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/preached before the governor and.htm

Period iii. The Critical Period: AD 140 to AD 200
... natural temptation in view of the rapid spread of Christianity ... A wide-spread opinion
that Gnosticism was fundamentally ... The parable of the leaven which the woman ...
/.../a source book for ancient church history/period iii the critical period .htm

The Battle of the Books, 1749-1755.
... now the Act was passed they would spread their Popish ... As his books came out in rapid
succession, the picture ... they worked more like the unseen leaven than like ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xiii the battle of.htm

Subtopics

Leaven

Leaven (Yeast) for Bread

Leaven (Yeast) of Other Evils

Leaven (Yeast) of the Hypocrisy of the Pharisees

Leaven (Yeast): A Symbol for Sin

Leaven (Yeast): Leavened Bread Forbidden with Blood

Leaven (Yeast): Leavened Bread Forbidden with Meat offerings

Leaven (Yeast): Leavened Bread Forbidden: At the Passover Meal

Leaven (Yeast): Leavened Bread Used with a Peace-Offering

Leaven (Yeast): Leavened Bread Used with a Wave-Offering

Leaven (Yeast): Parable of