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John "Rabbi" Duncan, Scottish Presbyterian (1796 -- February 26, 1870) was a missionary to the Jews in Budapest and later as a much-loved professor in New College, Edinburgh. He was known for his pithy sayings, as well as his knowledge of Hebrew and his Christian love for the Jews. Among his sayings:
"I'm first a Christian, next a catholic, then a Calvinist, fourth an evangelical, and fifth a Presbyterian. I cannot reverse this order."
"Christ either deceived mankind by conscious fraud, or He was Himself deluded and self-deceived, or He was Divine. There is no getting out of this trilemma. It is inexorable."
David Brown's biography of Rabbi Duncan is available online here; William Knight's Colloquia Peripatetica: Deep-sea Soundings : Being Notes of Conversations With the Late John Duncan, LL.D. is available online here.
"I'm first a Christian, next a catholic, then a Calvinist, fourth an evangelical, and fifth a Presbyterian. I cannot reverse this order."
"Christ either deceived mankind by conscious fraud, or He was Himself deluded and self-deceived, or He was Divine. There is no getting out of this trilemma. It is inexorable."
David Brown's biography of Rabbi Duncan is available online here; William Knight's Colloquia Peripatetica: Deep-sea Soundings : Being Notes of Conversations With the Late John Duncan, LL.D. is available online here.
Yes, it is found on p. 156 of Colloquia Peripatetica.