Excerpt from An Answer to a Printed Paper Entitled "Manifesto of the Christian Evidence Society" To Which Is Annexed, a Rejoinder to a Pamphlet by the Same Author, the Rev. Robert Taylor Entitled "Syntagma of the Evidences of the Christian Religion" It is scarcely possible to imagine a more flagrant instance of the utterance of audacious falsehood, than is in the case before us. In most instances of even extreme and deplorable error, it is apparent that ignorance, inattention, a refusal to go to the proper sources of information, or some other prejudice, lies at the root; and that, therefore, blameable as such a state of mind cannot but be, it is possible to entertain some hope that the person who is its subject may be sincere in the declarations which he makes. But when a man comes forward with a parade of learning and authority, and with an ostentatious reference to the titles of books, to chapters, pages, and passages marked as quotations; and when, after all, the fact is that this display is fallacious, that the books and passages referred to say no such thing as is imputed to them, but indeed the very contrary, and that the professed quotations are grossly falsified; what conclusion can the most lenient mind arrive at, but that the person so acting is a dishonest man, a false witness, a wilful deceiver? The case thus supposed is realized, in a very awful manner, in a paper lately circulated in London, intituled "Manifesto of the Christian Evidence Society." The unhappy writer of that paper affirms certain Propositions, and subjoins what he wishes to be accepted as proof of them. These we shall examine in detail. "Prop. I. That the Scriptures of the New Testament were not written by the persons whose names they bear. "Proofs. Because it cannot be shewn, by any evidence, that they were written by the persons whose names they bear; and because it can be shewn, by evidence both external and internal, that they were written by other persons. By evidence external: in the formal acts and edicts of Christian Emperors, Bishops, and Councils, issued from time to time, for the general alteration, or total renovation, of these Scriptures, according to their own caprice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.