PHILOSOPHY
EDITED BY THE REV. FRANCIS AVELING, D.D.

MESSIANIC
PHILOSOPHY

AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF
THE EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE, DEATH,
RESURRECTION, ASCENSION, AND DIVINITY

OF JESUS CHRIST

BY

GIDEON W. BŁ. MARSH:
B.A. (LOND.), LIC. MED. AND SURG-ANTIS.A(LOND.); FELLOW OF THE ROYAL
SOCIETY OF MEDICINE ; FELLOW OF THERDYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETYOŠENIOR

PRIZEMAN IN MENTAL AND MORAL sČIŽNCE "JUSHAW, 1885)
AUTHOR OF "THE POPES AND THE EARLY CHURCH,” « "the RESURRECTION

OP CHRIST, is it A ĎACT2S MIRACLES,”- ETC.

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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, nas. free!y availed himself of the invaluable services recdered tə 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

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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.