 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pagina’s
...Shall we suppose the evangelic history a mere fiction ? Indeed, it bears not the marks of fiction ; on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody...to doubt, is not so well attested as that of JESUS CHEIST. Such a supposition, in fact, only shifts the difficulty without obviating it ; — it is more... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 pagina’s
...Shall we suppose the evangelic history a mere fiction ? Indeed, it bears not the marks of fiction; on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody...fact, only shifts the difficulty without obviating it;—it is more inconceivable that a number of persons should agree to write such a history, than... | |
 | John Cumming - 1871 - 310 pagina’s
...suppose the evangelic history a mere fiction ? Indeed, my friend, it bears not the marks of fiction. On the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody...doubt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ. The Jewish authors were incapable of the diction, and strangers to the morality contained in the gospels;... | |
 | John William Kirton - 1873 - 244 pagina’s
...Shall we suppose the evangelic history a mere fiction ? Indeed, it bears not the marks of fiction. On the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody...supposition, in fact, only shifts the difficulty without removing it. It is more inconceivable that a number of persons should agree to write such a history,... | |
 | B. F. Cocker - 1873 - 284 pagina’s
...friends, it bears not the marks of fiction. On the contrary, the history of Socrates, which no one presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that...supposition, in fact. only shifts the difficulty without removing it : it is more inconceivable that a number of persons should agree to write such a history,... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1876 - 580 pagina’s
...Shall we suppose the evangelic history a mere fiction ? indeed it bears not the marks of fiction. On the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody...supposition, in fact, only shifts the difficulty without removing it. It is more inconceivable that a number of persons should agree to write such a history... | |
 | Ames Castle Pennock - 1877 - 292 pagina’s
...statements of the infidel Rosseau, in respect to Christ and Christianity, it is more inconeievable that a number of persons should agree to write such...than that one only should furnish the subject of it. And again he says: ' ' The Jewish authors were incapable of the diction, and strangers to the morality... | |
 | Daniel Worcester Faunce - 1877 - 264 pagina’s
...replies ! Shall we suppose the evangelic history a mere fiction ? It bears not the marks of fiction. The history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to...doubt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ : the marks of truth are so striking that the inventor would be a more astonishing character than the... | |
 | Thomas Stevenson - 1879 - 176 pagina’s
...suppose the Evangelic history a mere fiction ? Indeed, my friends, it bears not the marks of fiction ; on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody...to doubt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ."1 STRAUSS. — " Where shall we find in such beauty as we find it in Jesus that mirroring purity... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1880 - 304 pagina’s
...Indeed, my friend, it bears no marks of fiction. On the contrary, the history of Socrates, which no one presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that...should agree to write such a history, than that one should furnish the subject of it. The Jewish authors were incapable of the diction, and strangers to... | |
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Shall we suppose the evangelical history a mere fiction? Indeed, my friend, it bears not the marks of fiction : on the contrary, the history of Socrates, which nobody presumes to doubt, is not so well attested as that of Jesus Christ. Such a supposition,... 
