Excerpt from Apologia: An Explanation and Defence Lastly, going back to the introductory portion Of the proposed composite volume, I found that this, too, required reconsideration. My attempts to remove what appeared to me misunderstandings had caused it to grow far beyond its intended dimensions. It had also become, to a greater degree than I had anticipated, descriptive of the author's individual and personal convictions and developments interesting possibly to some, but not to the same class of readers that would desire, for example, to study consecutive extracts setting forth the views of Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Origen, on the meaning of The Son Of Man. 50 I resorted once more to disintegration, deciding to publish the Introduction as a separate volume, before the other two. Being of the nature Of an explanation and defence, it seemed aptly and briefly describable as Apologia. 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.