Excerpt from The Making of the Gospels: Six Lectures Delivered During Lent, 1905, in Manchester Cathedral Authorities. For the inferred connection of. S. Luke and S. John I am myself responsible: for the suggested proof of inspiration at the close of the first lecture I am indebted to a paper by Pro fessor Burkitt in the Journal of Theological Studies, 1904. The one great principle that has guided me in these lectures is the relation between the Higher Criticism and Textual Criticism. The Higher Criticism is to a certain extent a specula tive science; and it must necessarily be largely influenced by the point of view, the training, and the bias of the individual critic. Textual Criticism, on the other hand, is a comparatively exact science, and its conclusions are reached independently of any influence of the subject matter of the books under consideration; it is concerned only with their literary history. Hence it follows that the conclusions of Textual Criticism override and correct those of the Higher Criticism. And it is the ascertained results of Textual Criticism that have brought about the general agreement as to the date of the sacred writings which now obtains among scholars of such very different schools. 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.