The Proof of the Gospel

Résumé du livre

"Eusebius wrote The Proof of the Gospel for those who have passed beyond the need of elementary instruction in Christianity and are "already in a state prepared for the reception of the higher truths." He intended to "convey the exact knowledge of the most stringent proofs of God's mysterious dispensation in regard to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." Only ten of the original twenty books comprising this work have survived. Books 1 and 2 are introductory. Book 3 treats Christ's humanity and is perhaps the most modern part of the argument. By an elaborate reductio ad absurdum, Eusebius shows dramatically and cogently the impossibility of Jesus Christ being anything but perfect man and divine. ... Books 4 and 5 deal with Christ's divinity, and it is in them that passages of an Arian ring appear. Books 6-9 discuss the Jesus' incarnate life as the fulfillment of prophecy. And book 10 reaches the passion and is especially occupied with Judas and the betrayal. This edition was first published in 1920 as part of the SPCK's series of Translations of Christian Literature."--