{"pages":{"9":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\921e7f99953f555a4f26b1235b0554758ab4f962cb0db6f8874fb4d8fab3f862\\raw\\pages\\00013-90c87153a1b4afed23be.webp","width":692,"height":1024,"segments":[{"text":"CHAPTER I","box":{"x":248,"y":171,"width":193,"height":16}},{"text":"THE MISSION OF THE","box":{"x":130,"y":224,"width":430,"height":31}},{"text":"APOSTLES","box":{"x":242,"y":278,"width":201,"height":30}},{"text":"The history of the Missions began when that of Christ in his","box":{"x":70,"y":353,"width":548,"height":22}},{"text":"human nature was about to end. The Gospels and the Acts of","box":{"x":68,"y":376,"width":552,"height":22}},{"text":"the Apostles make it possible for us to retrace the wonderful","box":{"x":71,"y":400,"width":548,"height":22}},{"text":"circumstances in which this memorable moment was set.","box":{"x":68,"y":423,"width":497,"height":19}},{"text":"Christ was in the Upper Room with his disciples for the last","box":{"x":88,"y":448,"width":531,"height":22}},{"text":"time. How dull their minds still were! He had foretold his","box":{"x":71,"y":472,"width":546,"height":18}},{"text":"death, resurrection and return to the Father time after time,","box":{"x":69,"y":495,"width":552,"height":20}},{"text":"yet some of them took him for a spirit! How patiently he led","box":{"x":70,"y":519,"width":550,"height":22}},{"text":"them towards the truth! \"Look at my hands and my feet, to","box":{"x":69,"y":543,"width":549,"height":21}},{"text":"be assured that it is myself; touch me, and look; a spirit has","box":{"x":69,"y":565,"width":549,"height":23}},{"text":"not flesh and bones, as you see that I have.\" But this was not","box":{"x":69,"y":589,"width":549,"height":21}},{"text":"enough. Their real joy at seeing him again was still mingled","box":{"x":69,"y":612,"width":550,"height":23}},{"text":"with amazement and a certain amount of incredulity. Then he","box":{"x":68,"y":636,"width":551,"height":23}},{"text":"asked them: \"Have you anything here to eat?\"","box":{"x":71,"y":660,"width":406,"height":22}},{"text":"They gave him a piece of grilled fish and he ate it in their","box":{"x":90,"y":683,"width":529,"height":23}},{"text":"presence. Now they no longer thought they were dealing with","box":{"x":69,"y":707,"width":550,"height":22}},{"text":"a spirit. Yet they had not abandoned the earthly hopes of","box":{"x":72,"y":731,"width":547,"height":22}},{"text":"Judaism and they asked him:","box":{"x":70,"y":754,"width":258,"height":21}},{"text":"Lord, dost thou mean to restore the dominion to Israel here","box":{"x":106,"y":786,"width":513,"height":20}},{"text":"and now? But he told them, It is not for you to know the times","box":{"x":90,"y":807,"width":528,"height":20}},{"text":"and seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.","box":{"x":88,"y":829,"width":532,"height":21}},{"text":"Enough for you, that the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and","box":{"x":87,"y":851,"width":531,"height":22}},{"text":"you will receive strength from him; you are to be my witnesses","box":{"x":89,"y":872,"width":529,"height":22}},{"text":"in Jerusalem and throughout Judaea, in Samaria, yes, and to the","box":{"x":91,"y":894,"width":530,"height":21}},{"text":"ends of the earth.","box":{"x":90,"y":917,"width":145,"height":17}},{"text":"(Acts 1. 6-8.)","box":{"x":504,"y":934,"width":116,"height":19}}]},"17":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\921e7f99953f555a4f26b1235b0554758ab4f962cb0db6f8874fb4d8fab3f862\\raw\\pages\\00021-6b6f2cb8aa6090353aa0.webp","width":692,"height":1024,"segments":[{"text":"THE MISSION OF THE APOSTLES","box":{"x":221,"y":75,"width":247,"height":13}},{"text":"17","box":{"x":596,"y":73,"width":25,"height":12}},{"text":"ward to the prize that is waiting for me, the prize I have earned.","box":{"x":85,"y":102,"width":534,"height":21}},{"text":"The Lord... will grant it to me when that day comes; to me,","box":{"x":86,"y":123,"width":532,"height":21}},{"text":"yes, and all those who have learned to welcome his appearing.","box":{"x":87,"y":145,"width":532,"height":20}},{"text":"As he enjoyed the jus civitatis, he had no torture to undergo.","box":{"x":87,"y":174,"width":534,"height":20}},{"text":"He was slain by the sword on the spot where, according to","box":{"x":67,"y":197,"width":552,"height":24}},{"text":"tradition, St Paul's-outside-the-Walls now stands.","box":{"x":71,"y":220,"width":430,"height":21}},{"text":"St Peter, a poor lower-class Jew, had no such privilege. He","box":{"x":90,"y":245,"width":528,"height":21}},{"text":"was condemned to crucifixion but, according to an ancient","box":{"x":67,"y":268,"width":551,"height":23}},{"text":"tradition, considered himself unworthy of the same death as his","box":{"x":69,"y":292,"width":549,"height":23}},{"text":"master and asked to be crucified upside down.","box":{"x":68,"y":314,"width":410,"height":23}},{"text":"Persecutions did not stop the progress of Christianity even","box":{"x":89,"y":340,"width":531,"height":22}},{"text":"among the upper classes which it had hitherto scarcely reached.","box":{"x":69,"y":362,"width":549,"height":22}},{"text":"We learn from Dion Cassius, author of a Roman History","box":{"x":68,"y":387,"width":551,"height":20}},{"text":"written in Greek, that the \"consularis\" Acilius Glabrio, Flavius","box":{"x":67,"y":409,"width":549,"height":21}},{"text":"Clemens, who was a consul in office at the time and a near","box":{"x":68,"y":434,"width":551,"height":19}},{"text":"relation of the Emperor, together with his wife Domitilla and","box":{"x":71,"y":458,"width":548,"height":22}},{"text":"other senators, were all accused of being \"supporters of novel-","box":{"x":69,"y":482,"width":551,"height":21}},{"text":"ties\", and suffered under Domitian's edicts.","box":{"x":71,"y":505,"width":379,"height":19}},{"text":"St John had been exiled to Patmos by Domitian. After the","box":{"x":90,"y":529,"width":529,"height":20}},{"text":"Emperor's death, he returned to Ephesus. He was nearly ninety","box":{"x":68,"y":551,"width":550,"height":23}},{"text":"years old but showed no signs of decline. His Gospel and his","box":{"x":69,"y":576,"width":550,"height":22}},{"text":"three Epistles, overflowing with charity, date from this time.","box":{"x":72,"y":599,"width":546,"height":23}},{"text":"He continued to direct all the Christian communities of Asia,","box":{"x":68,"y":623,"width":551,"height":19}},{"text":"visited the provinces bordering on Ephesus either to consecrate","box":{"x":70,"y":646,"width":547,"height":22}},{"text":"bishops there or to establish new Churches as St Paul had pre-","box":{"x":69,"y":670,"width":549,"height":22}},{"text":"viously done. The communities were to be linked to Christ","box":{"x":71,"y":694,"width":548,"height":22}},{"text":"through their bishops. \"Christ comes from God\", wrote St","box":{"x":73,"y":717,"width":546,"height":22}},{"text":"Clement of Rome, \"the apostles come from Christ and it is","box":{"x":68,"y":741,"width":551,"height":23}},{"text":"they who, experiencing the first fruits of the Spirit, instituted","box":{"x":71,"y":764,"width":548,"height":23}},{"text":"certain men as bishops.\"","box":{"x":71,"y":788,"width":213,"height":23}},{"text":"This programme seems to have been quickly implemented in","box":{"x":89,"y":811,"width":531,"height":24}},{"text":"the East. From the end of the second century, a number of","box":{"x":72,"y":836,"width":549,"height":23}},{"text":"cities in Asia Minor: Jerusalem, Joppa (now Jaffa), Caesarea,","box":{"x":71,"y":859,"width":548,"height":23}},{"text":"Tyre, Antioch, Derbe, Lystra, Iconium, Ephesus, Smyrna,","box":{"x":72,"y":883,"width":547,"height":24}},{"text":"Pergamum; in Greece, Corinth and Thessalonica; in Africa,","box":{"x":70,"y":906,"width":551,"height":23}},{"text":"Alexandria and Cyrene; among the islands, Cyprus and Crete,","box":{"x":67,"y":930,"width":554,"height":23}}]}}}