The Historical And Religious Value of the Fourth Gospel
The Historical And Religious Value of the Fourth Gospel
Ernest Findlay Scott
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At the same time his distinction from God is brought into prominence, as in the philosophical doctrine. Though one with God he is subor- dinate to Him. He does nothing of him- self, but is dependent in all things on the Father. ' All that he possesses has been "given" him by the Father, who is greater than he.^ Thus in his picture of the actual life of Jesus the evangelist keeps before him the philosophical idea, and tries to give effect to it, on both its sides. A historical life cannot, by th...e nature of things, be interpreted by means of an ab- stract philosophical idea. We must needs admit that in his endeavour to represent Jesus as at once Man and incarnate Logos, the evangelist falls into many inconsisten- cies. Not only so, but he divests the his- torical life of much of its meaning and its true grandeur, in order to bring it into con- ^ V : 19. ^ xiv : 28. 37 THE FOURTH GOSPEL formity with the Logos idea. We miss from his narrative some of the most striking epi- sodes of the Synoptic story, — for example, the Baptism, the Temptation, the Agony, the Cry from the Cross.
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