WILL WE SAY THAT THE HISTORY OF THE GOSPEL IS INVENTED AT PLEASURE? MY FRIEND, THIS IS NOT HOW ONE INVENTS; AND THE FACTS OF SOCRATES, OF WHICH NO ONE DOUBTS, ARE LESS ATTESTED THAN THOSE OF JESUS CHRIST. BASICALLY, IT IS TO REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY WITHOUT DESTROYING IT; IT WOULD BE MORE INCONCEIVABLE THAT SEVERAL MEN IN AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE MADE THIS BOOK, THAN IT IS THAT ONLY ONE HAS PROVIDED THE SUBJECT. NEVER BEFORE HAD JEWISH WRITERS FOUND THIS TONE OR MORALITY; AND THE GOSPEL HAS SUCH GREAT, STRIKING, PERFECTLY INIMITABLE CHARACTERS OF TRUTH THAT THE INVENTOR WOULD BE MORE SURPRISED THAN THE HERO.