A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays, by the Author of "Supernatural religion"

The author mounts a measured rejoinder to a clerical critique of his earlier skeptical study, arguing that the critic relies on personal attack and minor textual quibbles instead of addressing the central question of evidence for miracles and revealed claims. He defends anonymity and editorial choices, and provides focused examinations of patristic literature — including Eusebius, the Ignatian epistles, Polycarp, Papius, Melito, Claudius Apollinaris, Polycrates, the Gallic churches, and Tatian's Diatessaron — to challenge assertions about authenticity and chronology. The volume gathers scattered replies, adds clarifying notes, and concludes by restating and defending the original conclusions.