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C. A. Row. The Supernatural in the New Testament, Possible, Credible, and Historical
The Supernatural in the New Testament, Possible, Credible, and Historical
Table of Contents
Dedication
Chapter I. Introduction. The Position of the Controversy Between the Opponents and the Defenders of Christianity
Chapter II. Definitions of Terms
Chapter III. The Supernatural Elements Contained in the New Testament: In What Do They Consist? And What View Do Its Writers Take Respecting Them?
Chapter IV. Miracles, What Do They Prove?
Chapter V. The Antecedent Improbability of Miracles.—The Unknown and Unknowable God
Chapter VI. The Objection That Miracles Are Contrary To Reason Considered
Chapter VII. The Allegation That No Testimony Can Prove The Truth Of A Supernatural Event
Chapter VIII. The Objection That The Defenders Of Christianity Assume Certain Facts The Truth Of Which Can Only Be Known By Revelation, And Then Reason From Those Facts To The Truth Of The Bible, Considered
Chapter IX. Demoniacal Miracles—General Considerations
Chapter X. The Existence And Miracles Of Satan
Chapter XI. Possession: Is The Theory That It Was Madness Subversive Of The Historical Value Of The Gospels Or Inconsistent With The Veracity Of Christ?
Chapter XII. Possession, If An Objective Reality, Neither Incredible Nor Contrary To The Ascertained Truths Of Mental Science
Chapter XIII. The Alleged Credulity Of The Followers Of Jesus
Chapter XIV. The Love Of The Marvellous—Its Bearing On The Value Of Testimony To Miracles
Chapter XV. Our Summary Rejection Of Current Supernaturalism Considered In Its Bearing On The Evidence For Miracles
Chapter XVI. General Objections To Miracles As Credentials Of A Revelation
Chapter XVII. The Historical Evidence On Which The Great Facts Of Christianity Rest—General Considerations
Chapter XVIII. The Testimony Of The Church, And Of St. Paul's Epistles, To The Facts Of Primitive Christianity. Their Historical Value Considered
Chapter XIX. The Evidence Furnished By The Epistles To The Facts Of Our Lord's Life, And To The Truth Of The Resurrection
Chapter XX. The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ An Historical Fact
Chapter XXI. The Historical Value Of The Gospels As Deduced From Previous Considerations
Chapter XXII. The Historical Character Of The Gospels As Deduced From Their Internal Structure
Footnotes
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C. A. Row
Or, An Examination of the Validity of Some Recent Objections Against Christianity as a Divine Revelation
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It is evident, therefore, that the only course which can be pursued with a professed atheist or pantheist, is to grapple with him on the evidences of theism, and to endeavour to prove the existence of a God possessed [pg 016] of personality, intelligence, volition, and adequate power, before we attempt to deal with the evidences of miracles. Until we have convinced him of this all our reasonings must be in vain.
There are four modes of reasoning by which the being of a God may be established. I will simply enumerate them. First, the argument which is founded on the principle of causation; second, that which rests on the order of the universe; third, that from its innumerable adaptations; fourth, that which is derived from the moral nature and personality of man. If the argument from causation fails to prove to those with whom we are reasoning that the finite causes in the universe must have a first cause from whence they have originated; if that from the orderly arrangements in the universe fails to prove that there must be an intelligent being who produced them; if its innumerable adaptations fail to establish the presence of a presiding mind; and if the moral nature of man fails to prove that must be a moral being from whom that nature emanated, and of whom it is the image, it follows that the minds must be so differently constituted as to offer no common ground or basis of reasoning on this question. The whole involves an essential difference of principle, which no argumentation can really reach. To attempt to prove to a mind of this description the occurrence of a miracle, is simply a waste of labour.
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