Quote#God & Faith
The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They…
Quote byJoseph McCabe · 1867–1955
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sources of the Morality of the Gospels (1914)..
English (original)
The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before the time of Christ, as they were familiar in all the civilizations of the earth — Egyptian, Babylonian, and Persian, Greek, and Hindu.
— Joseph McCabe
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