Bible Dictionary: The Roman Empire: Called the World from Its Extent

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Luke 2:1
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
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Library

Grecian Literature, and the Roman Empire.
... This empire embraced the most fertile and civilized countries ... religion of poesy,
so was the Roman the work ... from the first believed themselves called to govern ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 12 grecian literature and.htm

The Roman Empire at the Time of the Birth of Christ. Upwards of a ...
... his administration, was one of the wonders of the world. ... Nor is it strange that the
Roman Empire at this ... for the votaries of what was called wisdom entertained ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter i the roman empire.htm

Luke's Attitude Towards the Roman World
... a Greek dramatist wrote a play called "The Braggart ... as destined not to destroy but
to recreate the empire. ... that his references to matters of Roman history, and ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 3 lukes attitude towards.htm

Phial the Fourth, on the Sun of the Bestial Heaven.
... and above the earth and waters, is called heaven, in the ... as we may say, the Papal
world, destroying vast ... the first emperor to the Papal Roman empire, though the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/phial the fourth on the.htm

The vision
... could have been possible, when the Roman empire was desolated ... rejection should be
the reconciliation of the world. ... means the Gentiles were not called in their ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the vision .htm

Luke's Account of the Enrollment
... principle of systematic "enrollment" in the Roman world, not to ... city of David, which
is called Bethlehem, because ... of the procedure in the Roman empire was as ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 6 lukes account of.htm

The Second Trumpet.
... we are to judge of this tenfold Roman division. ... destroyed the kingdom of the Ostrogoths,
being called forth in ... In the remainder of the dominion of the empire. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the second trumpet.htm

The Final Conflict.
... it must continue till the end of the world: the earth ... As only in its divided form,
the Roman empire continues till ... they that are with him are called and chosen ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the final conflict.htm

The Meaning of the Seventh Seal, that Is, of the Seven Trumpets.
... For thunderings are called qvlvt, that is, voices ... Spirit with the other empires of
the world, to a ... I understand of the bounds of the Roman empire, embracing in ...
/.../mede/a key to the apocalypse/the meaning of the seventh.htm

Periods of Church History.
... so that it may be called the church of ... of Jerusalem, the dissolution of the Roman
empire, fierce persecutions ... and the destinies of the world; marching over the ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 4 periods of church.htm

Subtopics

Irony: The Roman Soldiers to Jesus

Roman

Roman Army

Roman Empire

Roman Empire: Citizenship In by Birth

Roman Empire: Citizenship In by Purchase

Roman Empire: Ruled by Augustus Caesar

Roman Empire: Ruled by Claudius Caesar

Roman Empire: Ruled by Nero

Roman Empire: Ruled by Tiberius Caesar

Roman Empire: The Right of Appeal