"So wird Jesus nicht blos denen angehören, die sich seine Schüler nennen. Es ist die gemeinsame Ehre aller, welche ein menschliches Herz haben. Sein Ruhm besteht nicht darin, aus der Geschichte verbannt zu werden: man erzeigt ihm eine wahrere Verehrung, wenn man nachweist, daß die ganze Geschichte ohne ihn unverständlich ist."
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Das Leben Jesu 3. Aufl., Leipzig/Paris 1870, S. 44 books.google
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Ernest Renan
1823 – 1892
französischer Schriftsteller, Historiker, Archäologe und Orientalist
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