Ascension Quote by David Friedrich Strauss

The author is aware that the essence of the Christian faith is perfectly independent of his criticism. The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles,…

— David Friedrich Strauss

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

The resurrection of Christ is therefore emphatically a test question upon which depends the truth or falsehood of the Christian religion. It is either…

— Philip Schaff

The greatest and most momentous fact which the history of the world records is the fact of Christs birth.

— Charles H Spurgeon

The greatest and most momentous fact which the history of the world records is the fact of-Christ's birth.

— Charles Spurgeon

Miracles have no claim whatever to the character of historical facts and are wholly invalid as evidence of any revelation.

— John Stuart Mill

The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die; but all is still here, and, recognized…

— Thomas Carlyle

There is no extrahistorical or eternalist or abstractivistically pure standpoint where we can get oriented in the absolute Truth per se before dealing with…

— Kenny Smith

A saving knowledge of Christ crucified and risen is not the mere result of right reasoning about historical facts. It is the result of…

— John Piper

Christianity is more than history; it is also a system of truths. Every event which its history records, either is a truth, or suggests…

— Noah Porter

“Through the life and death of Jesus Christ, history becomes not the transient bearer of eternal values but, for the first time, thoroughly temporal.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received…

— Anonymous