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(Greek, "oikoumenē", means "inhabited earth"). This passage is noteworthy as defining the usual New Testament use of oikoumene as the sphere of Roman rule at its greatest extent, that is, of the great Gentile world-monarchies (Daniele 2:7). That part of the earth is therefore peculiarly the sphere of prophecy.

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