Ch. 1-8

admit Africa ages Alexandria altogether ancient Antioch apostles Arabia Arabs Asia authority Axum believe bishops Blemmyes Bollandists called Catholic cenobites century certainly Chaldea character chiefly Christ Christian Church consequently converted Cushite divine doctrine earth Edessa Egypt Egyptian embraced epoch Ethiopia existed fact faith Father Frumentius Gentiles Ghassanides Gospel Greek heaven Hebrew Hellenic Himyar Hindostan holy human idolatry inscriptions Irenæus Isaias Jerusalem Jewish Jews king labor least likewise Lord mankind Meroë Mesopotamia modern monks moral nations natural Nestorianism Nile Nisibis Nubia Old Testament opinion origin pagan Palestine passages patriarchal Paul Persian Peter polytheism preached pretended priesthood priests primitive proof prophecies prophet prove Ptolemies race reader religion religious remarkable rites Roman Rome Saviour scarcely speak spirit spread supernatural supposed Syria temples thee thou tian tion tribes true truth universal whole words worship writers