FOOTNOTES:
[1] John xv. 26, 27.
[2] "The works of Strauss, Baur, Schenkel, and Rénan are the great authorities for the negative criticism of the present day."—Dr. Christlieb.
[3] Matt. xii. 26.
[4] John ix. 33.
[5] Ibid. iii. 2.
[6] Ibid. ix. 16.
[7] Ibid. x. 21.
[8] John viii. 44.
[9] Job i. 7.
[10] Psa. cxxxvi. 14.
[11] John ix. 33.
[12] Ibid x. 37.
[13] Exod. viii. 19.
[14] John v. 36.
[15] Ibid x. 25.
[16] Ibid xiv. 11.
[17] 1 Gal. i. 20.
[18] A series of apologetic lectures addressed to earnest seekers after truth.
[19] John viii. 50-54.
[20] "The Tübingen school, which has somewhat modified the views of Baur, its founder, has at present its chief seats in Switzerland, France, and Holland."—Dr. C., p. 516.
[21] "Cod." cxii. c. 38.
[22] "Adv. Hær." iii. 11. 7.
[23] They were written while Eleutherius was Bishop of Rome (A.D. 177 to 193), as is evident from his Catalogue (Lib. iii. c. 3) of the Bishops of Rome, for Eleutherius is the last of the twelve he mentions, and was then in possession of that pastorate.
[24] See Rénan, "Life of Jesus," p. 8, cheap edition.
[25] 2 Pet. i. 21.
[26] 1 Cor. ii. 13.
[27] Spruchsammlung.
[28] Paul was not living when John wrote the Apocalypse.
[29] 2 Pet. iii. 15.
[30] "Hippolytus and his Age," vol. i., 315.
[31] While Trajan was on his Parthian expedition, and spent the winter at Antioch. (See Davidson's "Introduction to the New Testament," p. 370.)
[32] "Literary World," Oct. 23, 1874.
[33] "Hom." iii. 61.
[34] "The 'Recognitions of Clemens,' which differ little from Clementina, are the witty and agreeable productions of an Alexandrian Jew, well versed in philosophy, written in the third century."—Dr. Mosheim.
[35] John xx. 25.
[36] "The 'Recognitions' are conveyed to us by the ancients under different titles. They are sometimes styled 'St. Clemens's Acts,' 'History Chronicle;' sometimes 'St. Peter's Acts,' 'Itinerary Periods,' 'Dialogues with Apion,' all which are unquestionably but different inscriptions, or it may be parcels, of the same book."—Dr. Cave's "Apostalici," p. 58.
[37] "Hippolytus and his Age," vol. i. 187.
[38] "On the Canon," p. 255.
[39] See Matt. xix. 11, 12.
[40] "Strom." iii. 1.
[41] "Hær." xxiv. 5.
[42] Tertullian, "Adv. Marc." xi. 5, cf. 9.
[43] Ibid. xi. 10.
[44] Matt. xiii. 44.
[45] "Orat. ad Gr." § 30.
[46] Eusebius, "H. E." iv. 23.
[47] "Hist. Christ. Lit. and Doct." ii. p. 217.
[48] See Chr. Wordsworth, "On the Canon," p. 55. Lec. ii. and Ed. 1851.
[49] See Kentish Bache's "Letters to Dr. Davidson," p. 22.
[50] "Adv. Hær." iv. 20, § 2; Euseb. "H. E." v. 8, and cf. iii. 3.
[51] "Leg. pro Christ." § 1.
[52] "Leg. pro Christ." § 11. See Matt. v. 44, 45.
[53] "Leg. pro. Christ." § 12. Comp. with Matt. v. 46.
[54] The word Synoptics, applied to Matthew, Mark, and Luke's Gospels, indicates abridgment—the bringing of all parts under one view.—See Dr. Hyde Clark's Dictionary.
[55] "Negative critics, as we have seen, have been compelled again to raise the age of the Gospels, and to place them in the apostolic age, between A.D. 50 and A.D. 100."—Dr. Christlieb, p. 541.
[56] "Hist. Eccl." v. 20.
[57] Ibid. iv. 32.
[58] "Apol." i. 46.
[59] "Leg." iii. § 61.
[60] Rom. xvi. 25, 26.
[61] Rev. iii. 14.
[62] John xii. 10.
[63] Dr. Christlieb, p. 541.
[64] Dr. Christlieb, p. 541.
[65] Ibid. p. 541.
[66] "Nothing can be more false than the fashionable notion of our day that Paul was the author of Christianity. The true founder of Christianity was Jesus."—Rénan ("The Apostles," p. 3).
[67] 1 Thess. i. 9.
[68] Ibid. i. 27.
[69] Paul tells the Thessalonians he is thankful that they received what he preached as the word of God, not as the word of men.
[70] See his work, "Matter and Spirit," p. 247.
[71] John vii. 17.
[72] 1 John v. 10.
[73] Col. i. 9.
[74] Psa. cxlv. 18