“Like every man who appears at an epoch which is historical and rendered famous by his works, Jesus Christ has a history, a history which the church and the world possess, and which, surrounded by countless memorials, has at least the same authenticity as any other history formed in the same countries, amidst the same peoples and in the same times. As, then, if I would study the lives of Brutus and Cassius, I should calmly open Plutarch, I open the Gospel to study Jesus Christ, and I do so with the same composure.” IfsMenWorldShouldCountryJesusChristChurchStudyJesus ChristHistoricalEvery ManAuthenticityMemorialEpochComposureCassiusBrutus Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“On what does the Christian argument for Immortality really rest? It stands upon the pedestal on which the theologian rests the whole of historical Christianity-the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.” DoeWholeChristianJesusChristChristianityJesus ChristArgumentHistoricalImmortalityResurrectionEasterTheologianPedestalJesus ResurrectionResurrection Of Jesus Christ Author:William Henry Drummond
“So these liberals say historical research can't possibly discover the Jesus of faith, because the Jesus of faith is not rooted in history. He's merely a symbol. But listen: Jesus is not a symbol of anything unless he's rooted in history. The Nicene Creed doesn't say, "We wish these things were true." It says, "Jesus Christ was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and the third day he rose again from the dead,' and it goes on from there.” JesusWishChristGoes OnResearchJesus ChristThirdsRoseHistoricalSymbolsRootedCreedsHistorical Research Author:Gregory A. Boyd
“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.” IfsMadeJesusChristCommunityKnownAcceptingEventsJesus ChristHistoricalPopulationJewInventionWitnessSundayFollowersResurrectionDiscipleEasterJesus ResurrectionEaster SundayHistorical EventsJesus Followers Author:Pinchas Lapide
“Whatever else may be thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers it does at least establish, for those who refuse the witness of Christian writings, the historical character of Jesus Himself.” WritingMayDoeCharacterChristianJesusChristEvidenceJesus ChristHistoricalRefuseWitnessGentiles Author:F. F. Bruce
“Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither be shaken nor confirmed by any historical discovery. It is the solid foundation of Christianity.” WorldMeanFactsChristianSpiritualJesusForceChristChristianityDiscoveryJesus ChristFlowFoundationHistoricalStreamsOur WorldSolid Foundation Book:Albert Schweitzer: Essential Writings Source: Albert Schweitzer: Essential Writings
“It is one of the great ironies of human history that some mortals with incorrect understanding of God and life's purposes sometimes scold God because of the abundance of human misery and suffering-which, indeed, lies all about us. Such individuals almost dare God to demonstrate His existence by straightening things out-and at once! But He is a much different kind of Father than that. Surely it is requisite to eternal life that we come to know God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent (see John 17:3).” KnowsHumansKindDifferentSometimesLyingPurposeSufferingFatherJesusIndividualUnderstandingChristExistenceEternalJesus ChristMiseryHistoricalDareMortalsIronyAbundanceDifferent KindsHuman HistoryKnowing GodEternal LifeGod And LifeMisery And Suffering Author:Neal A. Maxwell
“I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event.” CommunityAcceptingEventsJesus ChristHistoricalInventionSundayResurrectionDiscipleEasterJesus ResurrectionEaster SundayHistorical Events Author:Pinchas Lapide