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title: "2 Competent Quotes By Simon Greenleaf"
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> [By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant that amount of proof, which ordinarily satisfies an unprejudiced mind, beyond any reasonable doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/by-competent-evidence-is-meant-such-as-the-nature-of-the-thing-to-be/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

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> [Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/proceeding-further-to-inquire-whether-the-facts-related-by-the-four/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

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## Other authors on Competent

## More by Simon Greenleaf

> [If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/if-a-close-examination-of-the-evidences-of-christianity-may-be/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/it-should-be-pursued-as-in-the-presence-of-god-and-under-the-solemn/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/our-religion-then-rests-on-the-credit-due-to-these-witnesses/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/in-examining-the-evidence-of-the-christian-religion-it-is-essential/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [The proof that God has revealed himself to man by special and express communications, and that Christianity constitutes that revelation, is no part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/the-proof-that-god-has-revealed-himself-to-man-by-special-and-express/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of matters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/in-the-ordinary-affairs-of-life-we-do-not-require-nor-expect/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/in-trials-of-fact-by-oral-testimony-the-proper-inquiry-is-not-whether/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/there-should-be-a-readiness-on-our-part-to-investigate-with-candor-to/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [The religion of Jesus Christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in the world; denouncing them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/the-religion-of-jesus-christ-aims-at-nothing-less-than-the-utter/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, and extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in the arts of deception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/either-the-men-of-galilee-were-men-of-superlative-wisdom-and/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [The foundation of our belief is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the Evangelists as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/the-foundation-of-our-belief-is-a-basis-of-fact-the-fact-of-the-birth/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant that amount…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/by-competent-evidence-is-meant-such-as-the-nature-of-the-thing-to-be/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/these-are-no-ordinary-claims-and-it-seems-hardly-possible-for-a/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [How it came to pass that man, originally taught, as we doubt not he was, to know and to worship the true Jehovah, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/how-it-came-to-pass-that-man-originally-taught-as-we-doubt-not-he-was/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

> [The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/the-learned-are-not-agreed-as-to-the-time-when-the-gospel-of-john-was/)

[Simon Greenleaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-greenleaf/)

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