This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...to be forgeries; we know all about their origin and growth. They are the myths of primitive Christianity, and in this stand in sharp contradistinction to its history. We do not reject them because of their miraculous character as such; we reject them because the miracles are not morally beneficial, because ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...to be forgeries; we know all about their origin and growth. They are the myths of primitive Christianity, and in this stand in sharp contradistinction to its history. We do not reject them because of their miraculous character as such; we reject them because the miracles are not morally beneficial, because they are purposeless, and because they are badly attested. The romances which relate them are not authentic, they have no real connexion with the persons whose names they bear. But yet, though rejecting, and thankfully rejecting, the superstitions of medievalism, it is not well to forget that it is from the faith of mediaeval Christianity that we inherit our own. We are far beyond the authors of the Arabic Gospel or the first readers of the Speckled Book in science and in sobriety of judgment; but nevertheless we hold substantially the same faith--a faith which led them, in spite of its imperfection, to look beyond the surface of things to that kingdom where (say the old Irish homilists) there is life without death, youth without age, joy without sorrow, peace without strife, unity without division, and great gladness without end for evermore. LECTURE IV. THE MIRACULOUS IN EARLY CHRISTIAN LITER A TURE. By Rev. J. H. BERNARD, B.D. LECTURE IV. THE MIRACULOUS IN EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERA TURE. of the commonest objections urged at the present day against our belief in the miraculous character of Christianity appeals to a tendency in human nature which is very strong in most people; namely, the tendency to hasty generalization. Thus, we are told that, if we accept as true the record of our Lord's miracles, and especially the miracle of His Resurrection, we should, in order to be consistent, pledge ourselves also to belief in numberless other alleged...
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