The Articles of Faith / A Series of Lectures on the Principal Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

by James E. Talmage

[748] See Note 3.

[749] Ezra vi, 18; vii, 6; Neh. viii, 1; John vii, 19.

[750] As stated, the Hagiographa, or "sacred writings," are generally understood to include the five poetical works of the Old Testament. By some authorities, the list is extended to include all the books mentioned in the Talmud as hagiographa; viz., Ruth, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Lamentations, and Daniel.

[751] See Note 4.

[752] See Notes 5 and 6.

[753] See Tregelles' "Historic Evidence of the Origin ... of the Books of the New Testament," p. 12—.

[754] See Eusebius, "Ecclesiastical History," iii, 25.

[755] See Eusebius, book iv.

[756] Eusebius iv, 26.

[757] Compare John v, 39.