John AdamsJohn Adams, (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President

John Adams Quote

“Major Greene this evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the argument he advanced was, "that a mere creature or finite being could not make satisfaction to infinite justice for any crimes," and that "these things are very mysterious." Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.”

John AdamsJohn Adams
~ John Adams

Diary entry of 13 February 1756, referenced in Charles Francis Adams, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes, and Illustrations vol. 2 (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850) 4.
http://books.google.com/books?id=-JQKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA4

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