Category: History - Religious
I sincerely rejoice that Dr. Lightfoot has recovered from his recent illness. Of this restoration the vigorous energy of his preface to his republication of the Essays on _Supernatural Religion_ affords decided evidence, and I hope that no refutation of this inference at least...
It is sometimes affirmed, however, that those who proclaim such conclusions not only wantonly destroy the dearest hopes of humanity, but remove the only solid basis of morality;...
10. Part 10When we enquire whether the alleged facts of the case are supported by historical data, the reply is emphatically adverse. All that is known of the treatment of Christians durin...
12. Part 12"Not only the language but the order of a quotation must have its due weight, and we have no right to dismember a passage and, discovering fragmentary parallels in various parts...
5. Part 5The only inference which I care to draw from the silence of Eusebius is precisely that which Dr. Lightfoot admits that, both from his promise and practice, I am entitled to dedu...
11. Part 11Setting aside, therefore, all the reasons for doubting the applicability of the tradition recorded by Papias regarding the Gospel said to have been written by Mark, I simply app...
3. Part 3"in the elaborate examination of Justin Martyr's evangelical quotations ... our author frequently refers to Dr. Westcott's book to censure it, and many comparatively insignifica...
2. Part 2The argument regarding this passage in Origen occurs in a controversy between Tischendorf and Volkmar, the particulars of which I report; [10:3] and to avoid anticipation of the...
4. Part 4Dr. Lightfoot, again, refers to Mr. Mill's "Three Essays on Religion," but he does not appear to have very deeply studied that work. I confess that I do not entirely agree with...
1. Part 1I sincerely rejoice that Dr. Lightfoot has recovered from his recent illness. Of this restoration the vigorous energy of his preface to his republication of the Essays on _Super...
13. Part 13An Armenian translation of what is alleged to be the Commentary of Ephraem Syrus on Tatian's _Diatessaron_ was published as long ago as 1836, but failed to attract critical atte...
16. Part 16[83:1] _Contemporary Review_, February 1875, p. 347 [_ibid._ p. 72 f.] Dr. Lightfoot makes the following important admission in a note: "The Roman Epistle indeed has been separa...
7. Part 7Dr. Lightfoot omits to mention that I do not refer to Bleek directly, but by "Cf." merely request consideration of his opinions. I have already partly stated Bleek's view. After...
14. Part 14We have seen that Divine Revelation could only be necessary or conceivable for the purpose of communicating to us something which we could not otherwise discover, and that the t...
6. Part 6In the first note (1) on p. 259 I referred to Bunsen, Bleek, Böhringer, Cureton, Ewald, Lipsius, Milman, Ritschl, and Weiss, and Dr. Lightfoot proceeds to analyse my statements...
9. Part 9DR. WESTCOTT'S STATEMENTS. | THE TRUTH. | 1. Volkmar: see above. | Volkmar, _Handbuch Einl. Apocr._ | i. pp. 121 ff., 136 f. | | It will be observed on turning to | the passage...
8. Part 8"Writers are quoted as holding on independent grounds an opinion which is involved in their characteristic assumptions. And more than this, the references are not unfrequently a...
17. Part 17Sanday, 33 Saumaise, 65, 66 Schleimann, 75 f. Scholten, 11 n. 2, 80, 91 f., 96 f., 147 Schroeckh, 70, 71 Schürer, 135 Shechem, 30 ff. Simeon, 52, 105 f. Smyrnaens, Letter of, 15...