Evidences of ChristianityJ. F. Dove, 1826 - 336 pages |
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... story , for which the first pro- pagators of Christianity suffered , was miraculous , 44 CHAP . VII . That it was , in the main , the story which we have now , proved by indirect considerations CHAP . VIII.The same proved , from the ...
... story , for which the first pro- pagators of Christianity suffered , was miraculous , 44 CHAP . VII . That it was , in the main , the story which we have now , proved by indirect considerations 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 shew by posi- tive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might , so happen . The existence of the testimony . is a phenomenon ; the ...
... story of the evidence arose . Now I think that we are obliged ; not , perhaps , to shew by posi- tive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might , so happen . The existence of the testimony . is a phenomenon ; the ...
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... story . This is perfectly incredible . To me it appears little less than certain , that , if the first an- nouncing of the religion by the Founder had not been followed up by the zeal and industry of his immediate disciples , the ...
... story . This is perfectly incredible . To me it appears little less than certain , that , if the first an- nouncing of the religion by the Founder had not been followed up by the zeal and industry of his immediate disciples , the ...
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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 exi- gency 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 exi- gency of the case , that the Author of the religion during his ...
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... story be not a novel , a romance ; the whole action a dream ; if Peter , and James , and Paul , and the rest of the apostles mentioned in the account , be not all imaginary persons ; if their letters be not all forgeries , and , what is ...
... story be not a novel , a romance ; the whole action a dream ; if Peter , and James , and Paul , and the rest of the apostles mentioned in the account , be not all imaginary persons ; if their letters be not all forgeries , and , what is ...
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