The Foundation Of Our Religion Is A Basis Of Fact - The Fact Of The Birth, Ministry, Miracles, Death, Resurrection By The Evangelists As Having Actually Occurred, Within Their Own Personal Knowledge. - SearchQuotes

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The foundation of our religion is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the Evangelists as having actually occurred, within their own personal knowledge.

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