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1822–1895 United States

Octavius Frothingham (November 26, 1822 – November 27, 1895) was an American clergyman and author.

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If it be asked why Judaism, then, was not made the religion of the empire, instead of Christianity, which it hated with all the fervor of close relationship, the answer is at hand: Judaism laid no emphasis on its cosmopolitan features, and discouraged belief in the historical fulfilment of its own prophecy.

The Cradle of the Christ: A Study in Primitive Christianity (1877)

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