The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.

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Robert Rieweh Cunville, the soft-spoken Indian evangelist who proclaimed the gospel to millions across Africa, Asia and ...

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… I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet ...