PHILOSOPHY EDITED BY THE REV. FRANCIS AVELING, D.D. MESSIANIC AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF BY GIDEON W. B. MARSH B.A. (LOND.), LIC. med. and surg, AND L.S.A (LOND.); FELLOW OF THE ROYAL AUTHOR OF “THE POPES AND THE EARLY CHURCH,' "THE RESURRECTION of Christ, is it A FACT?","MIRACLES," ETC. A Carleston. "From Paul Bakewell Gry":" し LONDON AND EDINBURGH SANDS AND COMPANY ST. LOUIS, MO. B. HERDER, 17 SOUTH BROADWAY 1908 2:32.1 M.35 PREFACE THE subject of this work is one which appeals to all Christians, irrespective of creed, as it is the foundation of "our common Christianity". The author, in endeavouring to place the arguments for and against his thesis, has. freely availed himself of the invaluable services rendered to the elucidation of the discussion by non-Catholic as well as by Catholic authorities, and be has made copious use of the productions of the leading Agnostic and Rationalistic authors. He begs to make this general acknowledgment of indebtedness to them all. Many references to them by name will be found in the course of the book. Hitherto, for the most part, writers have confined themselves to dealing with various portions of the subject. The author has attempted to place the 96304 entire controversy before his readers in a succinct fashion; and to state in concise terms the considerations and proofs that establish his thesis,the Divinity of Jesus Christ. In dealing with the Scriptural quotations, he has not entered into the question of their authenticity, as this subject will receive separate treatment in another volume of the present series. 40 TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, S.W. LENT, 1908. |