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... Story , for which the first Propagators of Chris- tianity suffered , was miraculous 56 CHAP . VII . That it was , in the main , the Story which we have now , proved by indirect Considerations 60 CHAP . VIII . The same proved from the ...
... Story , for which the first Propagators of Chris- tianity suffered , was miraculous 56 CHAP . VII . That it was , in the main , the Story which we have now , proved by indirect Considerations 60 CHAP . VIII . The same proved from the ...
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... story of the evidence arose . Now I think that we are obliged ; not , perhaps , to show by positive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypo- thesis how it might so happen . The existence of the testimony is a phænomenon ; the truth ...
... story of the evidence arose . Now I think that we are obliged ; not , perhaps , to show by positive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypo- thesis how it might so happen . The existence of the testimony is a phænomenon ; the truth ...
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... persons busied themselves in the success and propagation of their story . This is per- fectly incredible . To me it appears little less than certain , that if the first announcing of the religion 10 EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY .
... persons busied themselves in the success and propagation of their story . This is per- fectly incredible . To me it appears little less than certain , that if the first announcing of the religion 10 EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY .
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... story upon which it is founded , and that no act of power , force , and authority , was concerned in its first success , I should conclude , from the very nature and exigency of the case , that the Author of the religion , during his ...
... story upon which it is founded , and that no act of power , force , and authority , was concerned in its first success , I should conclude , from the very nature and exigency of the case , that the Author of the religion , during his ...
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... story be not II . We take no credit at present for the miraculous part of the narrative , nor do we insist upon the correct- ness of single passages of it . a novel , a romance ; the whole action a dream ; if Peter , and James , and ...
... story be not II . We take no credit at present for the miraculous part of the narrative , nor do we insist upon the correct- ness of single passages of it . a novel , a romance ; the whole action a dream ; if Peter , and James , and ...
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