The Nazarene Kashmiri Christ — Page ii
1. . The story of Jesus' death on the cross and his having risen from the dead. after three days and having bodily gone to heaven may deceive a gullible people holding fantastic beliefs, it cannot satisfy any reasonable person. (Enc. Brit. article on "Ascension") 2. "Irenaeas quotes from the presbyters who are claimed to have been in touch with the apostle John,. . . . that Jesus died when he was in his aetas senior, i. e. over forty or fifty. ("The Literature of the New Testament" p. 610 by the famous Biblical scholar Dr. James Moffatt) 3. "In the letter he also includes the fact that Jesus must have passed through and subjected to all the conditions of a complete human life from birth to old age and death. " (History of Dogma by Dr. Adolf Harnack, Vol. II. 277-278)