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Articles_of_he_Bishop_of_Uramiah, page : 539
Could a Jew conscientiously write such stories which are
purposely written to disconcert and foil the expectation of
that people? Of course, other than a negative answer can-
not be expected from me to these questions. Neither Prophet Jesus
nor his apostles would ever use such an extravagant title
among a people already familiar with the legitimate owner
of that surname It would be analogous to putting the
crown of the king upon the head of his ambassador, the
latter having no army to proclaim him king. It would be
simply an insane usurpation of the rights and privileges of
the legitimate Son of Man. Consequently, such an unjusti-
fiable usurpation on the part of Jesus would be equivalent
to the assumption of the epithet of "the Pseudo Son of Man"
and of the Antichrist! The very imagination of a similar
act of audacity on the part of the Holy Christ Jesus makes
my whole nature revolt. The more I read these Gospels
purposely written to disconcert and foil the expectation of
that people? Of course, other than a negative answer can-
not be expected from me to these questions. Neither Prophet Jesus
nor his apostles would ever use such an extravagant title
among a people already familiar with the legitimate owner
of that surname It would be analogous to putting the
crown of the king upon the head of his ambassador, the
latter having no army to proclaim him king. It would be
simply an insane usurpation of the rights and privileges of
the legitimate Son of Man. Consequently, such an unjusti-
fiable usurpation on the part of Jesus would be equivalent
to the assumption of the epithet of "the Pseudo Son of Man"
and of the Antichrist! The very imagination of a similar
act of audacity on the part of the Holy Christ Jesus makes
my whole nature revolt. The more I read these Gospels