xv.) is not the "natural" "flesh and blood"
body. Paul does not teach the resurrection of the body
in the ordinary sense of the word "body"; a fact,
often overlooked, but pregnant with many consequences.
[86] Tertullian (_Apolog. Adv. Gentes_, cap. xxiii) thus
challenges the Roman authorities: let them bring a
possessed person into the presence of a Christian
before their tribunal, and if the demon does not
confess himself to be such, on the order of the
Christian, let the Christian be executed out of hand.
[87] See the expression of orthodox opinion upon the
"accommodation" subterfuge already cited above, p. 217.
[88] I quote the first edition (1843). A second edition
appeared in 1870. Tract 85 of the _Tracts for the
Times_ should be read with this _Essay_. If I were
called upon to compile a Primer of "Infidelity," I
think I should save myself trouble by making a
selection from these works, and from the _Essay on
Development_ by the same author.
[89] Yet, when it suits his purpose, as in the Introduction
to the _Essay on Development_, Dr. Newman can demand
strict evidence in religious questions as sharply as
any "infidel author;" and he can even profess to yield
to its force (_Essay on Miracles_, 1870; note, p.
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