Who was put to death by a plague? What's the shortest verse? 446 pages of Bible prize questions, enigmas and curiosities that Victorian Sunday schools competed over.

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IN Ecclesiastical History FROM THE DEATH OF JOHN TO THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE A.D. 101 to 476. 101. Death of Clement Bishop of Rome…

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