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thou baptize?" (John i). It will therefore be noticed that,
according to the Fourth Gospel, John the Baptist was neither
the Messiah nor Elijah, nor that Prophet! And I venture
to ask the Christian Churches, who believe that the inspirer
of all these contradictory statements is the Holy Ghost - i.e.
the third of the three gods - whom did those Jewish Priests
and the levites mean by "And that Prophet"? And if you
pretend not to know whom the Hebrew clergy meant, do your
popes and patriarchs know who "and that Prophet" is? If
not, than what is the earthly use of these spurious and inter-
polated Gospels? If, on the contrary, you do know who
that Prophet is, then why do you keep silent?
In the above quotation (John i) it is expressly stated
according to the Fourth Gospel, John the Baptist was neither
the Messiah nor Elijah, nor that Prophet! And I venture
to ask the Christian Churches, who believe that the inspirer
of all these contradictory statements is the Holy Ghost - i.e.
the third of the three gods - whom did those Jewish Priests
and the levites mean by "And that Prophet"? And if you
pretend not to know whom the Hebrew clergy meant, do your
popes and patriarchs know who "and that Prophet" is? If
not, than what is the earthly use of these spurious and inter-
polated Gospels? If, on the contrary, you do know who
that Prophet is, then why do you keep silent?
In the above quotation (John i) it is expressly stated