““the ideas reflected here in the Chapters of the Fathers can be found in the teachings of all of the New Testament writers which, again, is just what we should expect. Why? Because they are all Jews. They all came from the same background, the same religious and spiritual heritage. Mishnah 19, Chapter 5 says, “Whoever has these three characteristics is of the disciples of Abraham our father, but he in whom there are three other attributes is of Balaam the wicked. A good eye, a lowly mind, and a humble soul are the traits of the disciples of Abraham our father. An evil eye, a haughty mind and a proud soul are the characteristics of the disciples of Balaam the wicked. And””
![“Therefore have the Jews departed from God, in not receiving His Word, but imagining that they could know the Father [apart] by Himself, without the Word, that is, without the Son; they being ignorant of that God who spake in human shape to Abraham, and again to Moses, saying, “I have surely seen…” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f4b/the-church-fathers-1438_holy-spirit_therefore-have-the-jews-departed-from-go_2351634.jpg)
![“If we could believe that he [Jesus] really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanism which his biographers [Gospels] father on him, and admit the misconstructions, interpolations, and theorizations of the fathers of the early, and the fanatics of the latter ages, the…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9b6/thomas-jefferson-43_christianity_if-we-could-believe-that-he-jesus-really_3065658.jpg)
