By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
A person who rejects Christ may choose to say that I do not accept it, he may not choose to say there… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
The importance of the facts testified, and their relations to the affairs of the soul, and the life to come, can make… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led,… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
The proof that God has revealed himself to man by special and express communications, and that Christianity constitutes that revelation, is no part of… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of matters of… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit,… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
The religion of Jesus Christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in the world; denouncing them… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, and extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in the arts of deception… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
The foundation of our belief is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the Evangelists as… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant that amount… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
