Continues Durant: “In the enthusiasm of its discoveries the Higher Criticism has applied to the New Testament tests of authenticity so severe that by them a hundred ancient worthies ​ — e.g., Hammurabi, David, Socrates ​ — would fade into legend.
सुसमाचार के लेखकों में खुद कई कमज़ोरियाँ थीं, मगर फिर भी उन्होंने अपनी कमज़ोरियों को छिपाया नहीं बल्कि साफ - साफ बताया ।