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> [That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-greenleaf/that-man-is-a-religious-being-is-universally-conceded-for-it-has-been/)

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

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## 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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