[81] “History of Rationalism,” ii. 203. [82] See Kuenen, “Religion of Israel,” iii. 271 ($1–$2.). [83] Against Apion, ii. 17. [84] “History of Christianity,” i. 94, note. [85] Matt. 1. 23. [86] See Strauss, “New Life of Jesus,” section 98. [87] 1 Cor. xv. 4. [88] Hos. vi. 2. It may also have been founded on the accepted date of the earliest vision. [89] Prov. viii. 22–30. [90] Ps. xxxiii. 6. [91] There can be little doubt that δ λὁγοςδ in Philo means the word rather than the reason of God. He evidently used the term as a Jew, with the language of Genesis in his mind. This language itself is an interesting product of eastern anthropomorphism, which naturally conceived God as working like a despot by simply issuing his commands. [92] Quis ... Heres, 42. [93] “Religion of Israel,” iii. 202 (Eng. trans.). [94] The gospel being written in order to satisfy a need of the Church, it is obvious that this need would ensure its immediate acceptance. The Church was not likely to question the genuineness of a document which contained exactly what it required. So we may safely assign the composition of the gospel a date immediately preceding that of the first trustworthy evidence of its existence. [95] John i. 1, 3. [96] Ibid. i. 14. [97] 1 Pet. ii. 22–24. [98] Rom. viii. 26, 27. [99] Exod. xxiii. 20–23. [100] Isa. lxiii. 9, 10; Haggai ii. 5; cf. Neh. ix. 20. It was probably with reference to the storm as the most destructive phenomenon of nature that the name “breath of God” was given to the angel commissioned by him to destroy the enemies of his people. [101] Milman, “History of Christianity,” i. 352. [102] “Essence of Christianity,” chap. xv. [103] See Eusebius, “Ecclesiastical History,” bk. vi. chap. 37. [104] 1 Cor. xi. 29. [105] The origin of this doctrine must not be confused with the scholastic defence of it. [106] “Essence of Christianity,” chap. vi. [107] Before the beginning of this period, Christianity was inspired chiefly by the hope of gaining heaven; since the beginning of it, Christianity has been inspired chiefly by the hope of escaping hell. [108] “The Origin and Development of Religious Belief,” ii. 307 _seq._ [109] “The Origin and Development of Religious Belief,” vol. ii. ch. 7. [110] See Liddon’s “Bampton Lectures,” p. 259 _seq._, 7th edit. THE END. PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Origin and Development of Christian Dogma, by Charles A. H. Tuthill