The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division: Exhibited in a Course of Lectures

Charles Pettit McIlvaine

American Tract Society, 1832 - 526 Seiten

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CONTENTS	12

LECTURE I	21

The investigation urged on the experimentally convinced Christian	34

The importance of strict attention to the spirit in which this investi	46

W po It is true of Christianity as of many other very important matters	52

Phenomena which these considerations account for	53

We begin with the AUTHENTICITY OF THE New TESTAMENT	59

This shown by reference to catalogues etc from the fourth century	65

Testimony of all who were converted to Christianity Such	227

LECTURE VII	237

The religion of the Bible is the only one which 2 1 its first introduc	244

The fulfilment of a selection of miscellaneous prophecies exhibited	254

The fulfilment of prophecies concerning Christ	265

The idea of chance as explaining the coincidences mentioned	273

The prediction of the appearing of false Christs deceiving many	281

Of the persecution of Christians as one of the signs of approaching	287

Particulars included in the above which require a more special notice	75

Lesson to the believer from what has been exhibited	87

The canonical authority of the epistle to the Hebrews of James	98

The preceding evidence confirmed by a reference	111

From the agreement of the text with the numerous quotations	121

From the perfect impossibility of any material altera tion	123

LECTURE IV	129

The writers of the gospel history had opportunities of possessing	138

The argument greatly strengthened by considering the	145

Absurd consequences of supposing them not to have been sincere	152

Reasons for not proceeding directly to the proof of such creden	166

Miracles are capable of being proved by testimony	172

The testimony in proof of the miracles of the gospel has not dimin	189

The whole truth exhibited in this lecture calls us to adore the wisdom	197

Supposing the works related of Christ to have actually occurred	205

the test of the senses	206

The length of time during which they professed to perform nirac	212

The character of the miracles themselves	220

The method of the siege	295

The complete destruction of the city and temple	301

Jerusalem trodden down of the Gentiles	307

The time between the prophecy and its fulfilment	315

The peculiarity of the gospel as a system of doctrine and a rule	323

From the above it results that the propagation of Christianity	329

And by a consideration of the circumstances of depression	335

It is certain that they understood the difficulties and anticipated	341

A brief view of the progress of Christianity during about seventy	342

This rapid ez tension compared with that of the doctrines of heathen	349

And with the success attending efforts at the present day for thə	355

The argument from propagation is not yet complete It is yet	361

The spirit of cruelty that reigned among them	368

The striking contrast wherever genuine Christianity has reign	375

There is no possible way of accounting for this contrast but by ascrib	382

Defence of Christianity against the charge of being the cause of	391

Application of the argument The absurdities necessarily involved	429

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Seite 255 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

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Seite 281 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

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Titel	The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division: Exhibited in a Course of Lectures
Autor/in	Charles Pettit McIlvaine
Ausgabe	9
Verlag	American Tract Society, 1832
Original von	University of Michigan
Digitalisiert	13. Juni 2007
Länge	526 Seiten

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