Reason forms the basis and is temporally first while faith is more essential and important. In the historical and logical investigation which will now follow, we will endeavor to combine the essentials of our last three chapters. The scientific worldview can no longer be used to rule out the miraculous. Rather we must speak in terms of probabilities and investigate each miracle-claim. Here history also plays a part. Utilizing the concept of historical investigation outlined above, we will examine
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