Download or read book The History of the Origins of Christianity Book V - The Gospels written by Joseph Ernest Renan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the creation of the Gospel accounts, the author outlines the Gospels from top to bottom to construct the thought of a now lost template that was used to write the accounts of the Christ. Renan also uses the influence of the persecution of Christians as an influencing factor in the writing of the Christ in a critical form.