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The Character of Jesus

This book focuses on the personality and ethical attributes of Jesus Christ, drawing primarily from the Gospel accounts in the Christian Bible. It explores traits such as compassion, integrity, humility, and authority, aiming to present a portrait of Jesus' character separate from theological doctrines or historical debates. The work typically discusses how these characteristics have influenced Christian thought and Western moral ideals, offering readers a reflective analysis of the figure's enduring impact on ethics and spirituality. more

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Charles Edward Jefferson

Limited information available on Charles Edward Jefferson, born in 1860. His profession and category are unknown. more

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“Jesus Christ is to me the outstanding personality of all time, all history, both as Son of God and as Son of Man. Everything he ever said or did has value for us today and that is something you can say of no other man, dead or alive. There is no easy middle ground to stroll upon. You either accept Jesus or reject him.”

“It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other being would have condemned him at once as either a bloated egotist or a dangerously unbalanced person...when He said He himself would rise again from the dead, the third day after He was crucified, He said something that only a fool would dare say, if he expected longer the devotion of any disciples-unless He was sure He was going to rise. No founder of any world religion known to men ever dared say a thing like that!”

“I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. If the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on that Easter Sunday were a public event which had been made known...not only to the 530 Jewish witnesses but to the entire population, all Jews would have become followers of Jesus.”

“People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.”