Syntagma of the Evidences of the Christian Religion [Facsimile] [Paperback]

Robert Taylor (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1992

Being a Vindication of the Manifesto of the Christian Evidence Society, Against the Assaults of the Christian Instruction Society; "Prisoner in Oakham Jail for the conscientious maintenance of the truths contained in that Manifesto." "Thou hast in this Pamphlet all the sufficient evidence, that can be adduced for any piece of history a thousand years old, or to prove an error of a thousand years standing, that such a person as Jesus Christ never existed; but that the earliest Christians meant the words to be nothing more than a personification of the principle of reason, of goodness, or that principle, be it what it may, which may most benefit mankind in the passage through life.

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• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564591727
• ISBN-13: 978-1564591722
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8 x 0.4 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars The true origins of Christianity, November 29, 2005

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This review is from: Syntagma of the Evidences of the Christian Religion (Paperback)

Robert Taylor was a gifted orator, writer, and scholar. He became a reverend, but left the church when his research into Christianity revealed the conventional story of Christian origins as taught by all Christian churches was untenable.

In 1824 Taylor moved to London and founded the Christian Evidence Society. The society published a brief manifesto stating their four grand propositions: "1) That the scriptures of the New Testament, were not written by the persons whose names they bear. 2) That they did not appear in the times to which they refer. 3) That the persons, of whom they treat, never existed. 4) That the events which they relate, never happened."

In 1828 Robert Taylor was sentenced to Oakham Gaol (jail) for one year for blasphemy and for "a conspiracy to overthrow the Christian Religion." In Oakham Gaol Taylor wrote his SYNTAGMA, being a vindication of his manifesto wherein he presents all the evidence supporting his four grand propositions, and wherein he replies to the myriad of attacks by the Rev. Dr. John Pye Smith. The book is eloquently written, and the information it contains is as relevant today as it was two centuries ago.

After writing SYNTAGMA, Taylor went on to write "The DIEGESIS; Being A Discovery of the Origin, Evidences, and Early History of Christianity, Never Yet Before or Elsewhere So Fully and Faithfully Set Forth." This masterpiece of Comparative Religion was so far ahead of its time that it's still a useful reference today. It's an historical showing that the Christian religion did not originate according to the narrative of the gospels, but was more ancient. It's a wonderful read, eloquently written, containing vast amounts of scholarly research. I highly recommend it.

Upon release from Oakham Gaol Taylor secured a location and began preaching sermons every Sunday explaining the astronomical foundation of numerous stories in the Bible. These 48 eloquent sermons are preserved in the two volume set THE DEVIL'S PULPIT (Volume 1 is available from Amazon. Volume 2, currently not available from Amazon, is available at http://www.ballantrae-reprint.com/astrofin.htm#devpul [email [e-mail] for info.])