| Show KAHLY EARLY CHRIS I 1 UN WRITINGS the of professor eeor harmack harback into the she and sources 0 01 early christian literature lead him tv tu the conclusion that the he earliest earl leit docu 1006 td are both bob genuine and authentic till this result recall la is received with batig action amo among ag the believers bel leven in ID the miraculous origin of christianity for thin the reon tuat gust the professor wor ID un en an authority aut bority upon this thie subject ubie ot add more particularly because he be approached his took with a disbelief lo in the accuracy of 0 the orthodox views view after having reviewed all 11 ll the facts and adjusted the chroal logical oats data he be boldly states batee the oldest literature of the church in au U important points and in most of its ita details is from toe the point of view of literary criticism both genuine and worthy of reliance in the whole now new testament Teat ament there Is ia in all bont only sol a single writing the second epistle of peter that can be be looked upon as pseudonymous in the sense of the word he eye maintains maln wag bat of the go au cal ad td ed writings blie abuse that are pseudonymous are surprising ly ay low few and that there are very few in lir most of which are entirely harmless concerning the he pauline sp latles he be batea that bat their dates are really lour or five years year earlier than the be dates generally ass am to 10 them by biblical me the goppel of at mark is assigned to the years year that bat of el SL 0 matthew to lo be ae gospel of st lake land and the acts of the apostles to ibe years year 70 98 93 oa this professor wor harnack re narke marks it li Is of the highest importance Our tance to be able to date within fifteen years a gospel chapel like that bat of luke which implies abe be exi stones of marke mark gospel and speaks expressly ex of nomer a us other book of the tha gospel already written I biblical scholars cene generally rally give the following dates to the gospels that if mark to go some ome time between 48 and 66 65 matthew anywhere between 87 aud 68 63 luke between 67 57 and 68 63 and john about 97 A 0 harnack 18 in vesti gattens furnish a remarkable via tin di cation of theme dates to the reign of amilian Dm D buian ILIan the pro assor says bay belong I 1 peter perhaps per ton ten to twenty years yean earlier the epistle to the hebrews hebrew perhaps earlier er ller the apocalypse and the earlle ef at clement rho phe Johann lne and epistles are assigned to the presbyter john ani are nt n t later than and not earlier than 80 the admission of this critic on this point to i regarded as ai espo epoch III making it has ha been generally fit felt nat it if it were possible to egarta ep arta the now new testament from the apostolic age the foundations foundation or of christianity would be shake abadea a 0 i the other hand band the recognition of ef those writings writt nv as aa genuine will inspire now new confidence uthe divine origin of the abe sith iab the question has hai also alco an important bearing upon the old testament ament criticism for when the reliability 0 me now Testa mout authors anthon Is admit ted the of he abe lw law and ana be prophet Is in beyond doubt prof harnack conclusions well illustrate we the uncertainty of purely secular boular le Jeril arting ng aisch as aa that hat which modern modem critics rely on OB wast was waa h id as ae truth and stated ablated with cottain certainty ty only a few yearn yeara ago Is now repudiated so lalie bood it is i never sate to well rounded faith to 90 he dicta 01 worldly wisdom |
