praising the Savior. But generally their praises are mere “literary compositions,” empty declamations, designed to soften the unfavorable impression produced by their subversive theories. According to their own account of themselves, they are “the men of Jesus,”390 His most loyal defenders, who seek to free Him from the trammels and false ornaments with which early Christianity has encompassed Him. They extol Him as “the most important personality of history,”391 as the valiant hero who draws us