Simon Greenleaf

If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would…

— Simon Greenleaf

It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his…

— Simon Greenleaf

Our religion, then, rests on the credit due to these witnesses.

— Simon Greenleaf

In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation…

— Simon Greenleaf

The proof that God has revealed himself to man by special and express communications, and that Christianity constitutes that revelation, is no…

— Simon Greenleaf

In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of…

— Simon Greenleaf

In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false,…

— Simon Greenleaf

There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and…

— Simon Greenleaf

The religion of Jesus Christ aims at nothing less than the utter overthrow of all other systems of religion in the world;…

— Simon Greenleaf

Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, and extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in the arts…

— Simon Greenleaf

The foundation of our belief is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the…

— Simon Greenleaf

By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant…

— Simon Greenleaf

These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest;…

— Simon Greenleaf

How it came to pass that man, originally taught, as we doubt not he was, to know and to worship the true…

— Simon Greenleaf

The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as…

— Simon Greenleaf

A person who rejects Christ may choose to say that I do not accept it, he may not choose to say there…

— Simon Greenleaf

Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain…

— Simon Greenleaf

The foundation of our religion is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the…

— Simon Greenleaf

That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true.

— Simon Greenleaf

The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging,…

— Simon Greenleaf

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the…

— Simon Greenleaf

But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules…

— Simon Greenleaf

The importance of the facts testified, and their relations to the affairs of the soul, and the life to come, can make…

— Simon Greenleaf

Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led,…

— Simon Greenleaf

But if they are well-founded and just, they can be no less than the high requirements of heaven, addressed by the voice…

— Simon Greenleaf