Christianity Quote by 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 these inquiries.”

Simon Greenleaf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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