National Republican., 1881-07-22
BACK AT Student" "
HONORABLE TITLE OF CHRISTIANS.
Forged Acts aud Torgerles-Ths CrucinHlon and
the Psssovor--The Founder Of Christianity
Historical, Not Mythical Infldel
Authors to Prove IL.

One is apt in reading the recent article
OF Mr.. Atkinson in THE REPUBLICAN to get the
| idea that he thinks that as the disciples were
called Christians first at Antioch therefore there
were none before, while the facts Of the case are
that before this they had been called disciples"
"Nazarenes" and "Galileans" Cave, vol. l.,
says: The fixing Of this honorable title Of Chris
tians on the followers of Jesus was done at Antioch
(as an ancient historian, Joan, informs us) about
| ten years after the Ascension. The word (they
were called implies in the Greek that IL was
| done by some public act, and is the same word
as was used by the emperors in their edlcts."
Student" makes frank confession when he says
he can't understand what is meant by EuscbiuS
when he says the Emperor Maximin forged the
acts Of PLATE and filed them full OF blasphemy
against Christ" Ofcourse 1t would not do to say
that the Emperor
FORGED ACTS THAT WERE FoRGERIEs
II plainly shows, as any unbiased mind will see,
that at this date, A, d. 30s the acts Of PLATE were
genuine and in existence and that out of hatred to
| Christ he forged them. Student" still says
"Will any one deny that the synoptics describe
the cruciiixion as taking place on the great Pass
over Day2' Well, we do, and we appeal to the Cos
pels and the law of Moses for our authority and we
can give other authority IL desired. The Gospels
say Chrlstwas cruclhed on the day ofthe Prepara
tion and the day of the Preparation was the day
before the Passover. John says Because II was
the preparation aud that the bodies should not re-
main on the cross on the Sabbath day. for that Sab
bath was n high day" Matthew says the next day
that followed after the day of Preparation the chief
priests came TO PLATE, &c.-viz,, theday after the
| crucihxion.
THE LAW OF MOSES WAS THIS,
thatthe Passover lamb should be slain on the 1ith
of Nisan, and at evening the Passover should COM
mcncc. II was then that the next day COM
| mcnccd, viz, 18th Of Nisan. The next day was q
fcstal, or high day" Sabbath, and not a seventh
day Sabbath. Now, the Passover lamb was typo
of our Saviour, and, rs II was slain on the day be-
fore the Passover so was Christ, our Passover
Lamb" slain on the nth Of Nisan. The Jews went
not into the hall for fear of being delcd desiring
to be prepared to eat the Passover Student"
snys that the Talmud docs not refer to Jesus. and
then in triumph refers TO one u. Gould. But that
| the Tnlmud docs refer to Christ aud his apostles
"let me commend him to" DR.. Lordner, scheldli
Meclfuhrer, Hopkins, schaff, Horne, and many
| Others. 1t Is pain enough read It, II speaks OF
Christ and calls several of his disciples by name
and says
HE WAS CRUcIFIED
on the day before the Passover. Il admits that he
performed many and great miracles. The "Toldoth
Jeschu" (birth of Jcsus) Is filled with absurdites
Yet, even according to this miserable production
Christ performed miracles by pronouncing the
| name of Jehovah, which was Il secret known only
bear in mind this Jesus was the founder Of Christi.
dnity' Now, Student" says that the Jesus oi
Cclsusagrees more nearly with that OF the Talmud" "
So, with his kind assistance we can fix this matter
The Jesus of CELSIUS, A. d. 176, was crucifled and
rose again. lie was baptized; he fed into Egypt
from the massacre of Herod; he performed grea
miracles, &c. Now compare the two and YOU
have at his suggestion the Jesus of the Gospels
THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY
| and He who died and rose nuain, What moro
could we expect from CELSIUS or the Talmud. Celsu.
did not say he was myth. Why not give us some
cOntemporaneous history" to prove the point
Student" will throw light on his difficulty abou
Damascus If he keeps pushing and searching, and
will remember that Damascus was free city, and
was one of the Decapolis, and as such had gov.
ernor of its own, which was tributary to Arabia
whose king was in turn tributary to the Romans
And he will find, by looking still further, that Ter
tulllan says of Damascus That II was ancientl,
reckoned to Arabia" As TO what he has to saN
about Paul's shipwreck he is far out at sea- Ac
cording to Cave, and others, the shipwrcck tool
place A. ID. SO o: 81 in the month of September nnC
1t was only short time after this event he wrot,
his epistles. 1t is, however, quite bright idea
PAUL WRITING ABOUT HIS sHIrwREcK
five or six years before 1t happened. But caI
help Student" TO place Paul where he belongs
and that by one of the Inhdel Fathers. We reaC
in Acts xiii that Sergius Paulus wanted to hear thu
word OF God, and when he saw what Paul did to tn
sorcercr he believed, and was astonished at thu
doctrine of the Lord. Now "Julian" admits tn,
truth of this and adds that one or two others wer
the only men of note who were converted durinI
the reigns of Tiberlus and Claudus. This mucl
from Julian" Was he no better historian thai
"Sludent?' Or did Tiberius and Claudus regi
Il. q. 90? / also refer to Theodorct "a. d. 43O.
II is students" history and not Jesus that is
myth. "Student" says "Jesus is Myth,
but after the samples of historical re
searches given us we will have TO take sucl
assertion with great deal ofalowance, especiall
as the only author quoted is one understood, viz
ipse Dirt, "Student" ascribes the teachings o
the New Testament to sorcerer and his disciples
Won't he give usa sample copy of Sermon OF
the Mount? Give us from your historical pen
! something to compare with /. Corinthians chap
: ter XIV. Show us the work of II sorcerer that viii
! compare with the New Testament. Here Is wha
: some Of Students" own creed think oft:
7 ROssEAU SAYS
, that the inventor would be more astonishin
character than the herol" Here is u chance to b
u hero. Try 1t. This same author says again: e
the life aud death of Socrates were those of sagC
then the life and death OF Jesus are those of
God" Listen to the greatest enemy to Christanit
since CELSIUS, Dr. Strauss "Christ Is historical an
not mythical" How docs this agree with Stu
dents" hypothesis? Just one more. Thcodor
Parker says "ltwould have taken n Jesus to forg
q Jesus" But am done. Close the Bible. Wha
do we know of the future? Nothing InRdeit
puts out the lamp life, aud all is eternal night
! worse than Egyptian darkness. 4. b.
, "Dunbnr" Replies to "siudent."
{ With a lofty imperousness and a sell
satisfied nod our able Student" waves away IN
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