Excerpt from The Christianity of Christ and His Apostles: Historical Studies of Fundamental New Testament Problems Preface the prevailingly negative and destructive tend encies and results of much current theological criticism have begotten not ill-grounded fears among the conservative, and some grave mis givings as to their actualposition among those liberals who are not wholly given over to be lieve _a lie. Meanwhile, ordinary mortals must have a shelter inthe time of the storm. To throw up such a shelter is the obj ect' of the fol lowing constructive studies. They are not polemical. They aim to be historical. They are the sober reflections of onewho abides in essential, orthodoxy after a wide range of read ing that has tended, more or less, to Shake the foundations The author trusts that he has an open mind for truth. He believes with the Apostle that whatsoever doth make manifest is light. The summing up of the theological situation which he was compelled to make for his own mental and religious peace, he is hope (vii) 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.