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Published in 1901, W.E. Ball’s St. Paul and the Roman Law and Other Studies on the Origin of the Form of Doctrine is a fascinating analysis of Roman law, and how expanded comprehension of its language and formation will lead to a deeper New Testament exegesis. In clear, bold prose, Ball establishes the importance of Paul’s Roman citizenship, and how without it, Christianity may not have extended...

“old things passed away, and all things became new.” St. Paul’s use of the metaphor of adoption has no doubt exercised a wide influence upon the form of dogma. It is intimately connected with the doctrine of Assurance. This doctrine is principally founded upon Romans 8:14–16. In this passage, as elsewhere, the Third Person in the Trinity is represented in the character of a witness. The reference is to the legal ceremony of adoption. The common form of adoption was singularly dramatic. It consisted
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