The Sacred Writings of Barnabas

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Contents: Introductory Note The Epistle of Barnabas Chapter I.-After the Salutation, the Writer Declares that He Would Communicate to His Brethren Something of that Which He Had Himself Received. Chapter II.-The Jewish Sacrifices are Now Abolished. Chapter III.-The Fasts of the Jews are Not True Fasts, Nor Acceptable to God. Chapter IV.-Antichrist is at Hand: Let Us Therefore Avoid Jewish Errors. Chapter V.-The New Covenant, Founded on the Sufferings of Christ, Tends to Our Salvation, But to the Jews' Destruction. Chapter VI.-The Sufferings of Christ, and the New Covenant, Were Announced by the Prophets. Chapter VII.-Fasting, and the Goat Sent Away, Were Types of Christ. Chapter VIII.-The Red Heifer a Type of Christ. Chapter IX.-The Spiritual Meaning of Circumcision. Chapter X.-Spiritual Significance of the Precepts of Moses Respecting Different Kinds of Food. Chapter XI.-Baptism and the Cross Prefigured in the Old Testament. Chapter XII.-The Cross of Christ Frequently Announced in the Old Testament. Chapter XIII.-Christians, and Not Jews, the Heirs of the Covenant. Chapter XIV.-The Lord Hath Given Us the Testament Which Moses Received and Broke. Chapter XV.-The False and the True Sabbath. Chapter XVI.-The Spiritual Temple of God. Chapter XVII.-Conclusionof the First Part of the Epistle. Chapter XVIII.-Second Part of the Epistle. The Two Ways. Chapter XIX.-The Way of Light. Chapter XX.-The Way of Darkness. Chapter XXI.-Conclusion.

© 2012 Jazzybee Verlag (Ebook): 9783849621209

Translators: Philipp Schaff

Release date

Ebook: 21 July 2012