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moderate statement of the conservative position.. Some of the results

of criticism are accepted,—the "editing" of St. Mark, for instance, by the other Synoptists. Whether the author goes far enough is another matter. The difference between the Synoptists and St. John seems to be imperfectly recognised. The Fourth Evangelist "may care little to separate his narrative from his soliloquy." Could this be said of any secular historian without seriously affecting his authority ?