(c) The expulsion of the traffickers from the Temple Different aspects of Jesus' teaching ... Jesus recognised as Messiah from the outset... ... ... Rev. J. J. Tayler on the Character of the Fourth Gospel iii. The evidence of Irenæus Its meaning lies in a sphere above history Contrast between modern and early appreciations of Christianity... 423 Transformation of the second Advent into spiritual fact The Resurrection as an inward event in the believer's life... LECTURE VIII. THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH General results of the principle of historical interpretation... i. Science and the early history of mankind in Genesis The sacred traditions of other religious communities ... ... iii. The miraculous Conception according to the Apostles' Creed 'Was Christ born at Bethlehem?' Prof. Ramsay's answer Is the miraculous birth an addition to Luke's narrative? Its absence from the teaching of Paul and 'John' Real basis of the doctrine in the authority of the Church The miraculous birth in Buddhism ... iv. The authority of Christian experience... Varieties of apostolic language Different position of the modern student ... ... ... Rise of a doctrine of the Buddha as the Self-Existent The Catholic's communion through the Eucharist The Bible and the testimonies of the past ... ... ... THE Nineteenth Century has witnessed a vast change in our conceptions of religion. New modes of thought have arisen; fresh intellectual impulses have been imparted in widely sundered fields of study; and immense accumulations of knowledge have rewarded the enquirer into the history of man and the constitution of the universe. The older Evangelicalism and the older Rationalism which ineffectually confronted each other a hundred years ago, have both been profoundly modified. Within the Church of England the Oxford movement produced a powerful ecclesiastical revival, the effects of which are everywhere visible to-day. The onward march of science was at first embarrassed by the resistance of the theologians over the early chapters of the book of Genesis. At a later stage behind the questions of the Creation and the Flood arose the profounder difficulties concerning the origin of the human race, its antiquity, its primitive condition, and its subsequent development; and finally the B hypothesis of Evolution extended its sway over the whole phenomena of human life, and offered an explanation of the growth of man's thought, his social institutions, his arts, morals, and faith. Long before this was attempted, philosophy-for the time impersonated in Coleridge-sought to discover the foundations of religion in the reason and conscience, and the higher affections for truth, beauty, and goodness; and the inevitable application of ethical judgments to the sphere of theology destroyed one after another of the prevailing interpretations of Christian dogma. The great foreign missions, and the British conquest of India, had already brought to light the existence of collections of sacred books in China and Hindostan rivalling the Bible in antiquity, serving as the ground of religious knowledge and the rule of life for hundreds of millions of people, and containing teaching not unworthy to be set beside that attributed to Moses or Jesus. The spirit of historical enquiry, once awakened, enlisted a whole army of scholars in its service. Discoveries in Egypt and Mesopotamia supplied the clues to lost languages and buried civilisations; and a new science of the comparative study of religion was established. The Bible could not remain unaffected by all this manifold activity. What influence has been exerted by the advance of knowledge on our view of the Scriptures? The whole process may be summed up in the treatment of the records of our religion by what the English Priestley designated in |