CH 5, ¶4

The consideration that the causes and effects that occurred in apostolic history correlate with each other truthfully and that those causes and effects positively existed produces strong confirmation of apostolic accounts. These accounts are not only confirmed by Christian writers, but confirmed by Non-Christians as well. All sides agree that the religion prevailed at a certain time and place. It is evident that Christianity prevailed with the exertion of its Founder and his followers. The propagators of Christianity experienced what was natural to their situation. Persecution and opposition were naturally a result of being in a nation where the reigning opinions differed greatly from the opinions of Christianity. Opposition was imminent when the preaching of the apostles overthrew the established worship and they began to collect converts. The nature of the apostle’s mission agrees with the responses to their message that they experienced. (McCauley)