But we will now consider the credibility of this testimony from another standpoint.
Jarboe's silence on questions touching his own credibility leaves no room for any one to say that his testimony could impeach Mr. Evans, whatever he might swear.
It so impressed the prisoner--it so impressed his counsel, that they deemed it necessary and absolutely essential to their defense to attempt to destroy the credibility of the witness Wiechmann.
There was sufficient evidence of his loyalty and usefulness to the government, and his credibility was not assailed.
This is sufficient evidence that he was in a position to learn the facts to which he testified, and also presumptive evidence of the credibility of his statements.
How does that affect the credibility of Wiechmann?
This last principle, simple and evident as it appears, is the doctrine which, on the occasion of an attempt to apply it to the question of the credibility of miracles, excited so violent a controversy.
It is sufficient to refer to the applications made of it to the credibility of witnesses, and to the correctness of the verdicts of juries.
It does not depend upon credibilityof witnesses, conflicting evidence, personal friendship, or religions prejudices; it is reduced at once to that unerring criterion; the sight and the touch!
The scrutiny, however, respecting Maria Monk's credibilitycomprises two general questions, to which we shall succinctly reply.
The Roman Priests are too crafty to engage directly in any controversy respecting the credibility of Maria Monk's narrative.
We believe that counter evidence has already been adduced, of a nature far surpassing, in weight, the claims to credibility which the accusations themselves could offer.
Such seeming discrepancies are not uncommon when a writer of acknowledged credibility repeats what he has before written.
To admit the credibility of the gospel of Luke and to deny that of this work would be altogether inconsistent.
The historical difficulties connected with Stephen's address do not concern Luke's credibility as a historian, and the discussion of them belongs to the commentator.
In truth, there is no ground for doubting the credibility of the Acts of the Apostles other than that which lies in the assumption that no record of miraculous events can be credible, and this is no ground at all.
No man can read the New Testament without the profound conviction that the authenticity and credibility of the Pentateuch are attested in every conceivable way by the Saviour and his apostles.
The genuineness, uncorrupt preservation, and credibility of the gospel narratives having been shown to rest on a firm foundation, the principal part of our work is accomplished, so far as the New Testament is concerned.
The question, then, of the genuineness of the gospel narratives and that of their authenticity and credibility must stand or fall together.
The genuineness and uncorrupt preservation of our four canonical gospels having been established, the presumption in favor of their authenticity and credibility is exceedingly strong.
The character of Jesus of Nazareth, as drawn by the four evangelists, is the highest possible proof of the authenticity and credibility of the gospel narratives.
For the authenticity and credibility of the Pentateuch we have an independent argument in the fact that it lay at the foundation of the whole Jewish polity, civil, religious, and social.
Lardner's Credibility of the Gospel History, part ii.
We must dwell upon the nature of the records, and the credibility of the evidence they contain; we must look to the completeness or incompleteness of those records themselves, before we turn to that which they contain and reveal.
Fifth: It is not alone as a witness for the authenticity and credibility of the Bible that the Book of Mormon is valuable.
The relation of prodigies in no wise destroys the credibility of historical statement.
There is an anecdote of Mr. Burke, connected with this period, the credibility of which must be left to the reader's own judgment.
Credibility does not improve, like violins and port wine, with lapse of years.
And the spectators were by no means an assemblage of ignorant personages, but men whose rank and credibility would have weight in any section of society.
The candid writer, however, omitted to inform the candid reader of the pains he had taken to render them worthy of his head as well as of his heart, and the falsification of the premises destroys the credibility of the inference.
Warton had nothing better to adduce in support of the credibility of his informant than the irrelevant circumstance that he was "a person of no small rank.
A doubt has recently crept in among our historians as to the credibility of the extreme language in which the contemporary writers spoke upon this painful topic.
Its credibility is thus much increased, for there are only three other sites as to the position of which such unanimity exists, namely the site of the Temple at Jerusalem and those of Joseph's and Eleazar's tombs.
Such is the Samaritan account, which gains credibility when we compare it with the Book of Ezra, and from the fact that Sanballat was connected by marriage with a Sadducean high-priest in Jerusalem.
We have hitherto chiefly confined ourselves to a consideration of the antecedent credibility of such events, and of the fitness of those who are supposed to have witnessed them to draw accurate inferences from the alleged phenomena.
The result of the appeal to Reason respecting the morality and credibility of the doctrine determines the evidential status of the miracle.
Laemmer insisted with energy upon the credibility and the inspiration of S.
The shadows thus began to darken over the credibility of the corps of spies that the Bureau had employed.
In weighing the credibility of this statement, so conclusive if true, two considerations should be borne in mind.
Before any criticism is given [p335] to this important document, the capability and credibility of the learned author of Batavia should be considered.
The notes on the credibility and authenticity of the narrations connected with his name are admirable.
Therefore law loses its credibility because it undermines the notion of the social contract.
They are convinced that if we are faithful to our political heritage, all problems, credibility and corruption included, will be solved.
Some of the arguments for the credibility of the Bible are here given.
That they might not appear to act upon light grounds, an exact investigation was previously made of all the persons of talent and credibility who had seen these apparitions of land, or who had other proofs of its existence.
But the credibility of this voyage has been put to a stronger test.
A man believed to be him is seen hurrying to the spot by a witness whosecredibility is beyond doubt.
Not the less on that account would it be the duty of the jury to form their own opinion as to the credibility of the fresh evidence which would be brought before them.
A great deal of interesting material has been gathered in late years on the credibility of the witness, which shows, as an able reviewer of Dr.
Lastly, his own personal credibility seems seriously at stake when he talks of "triangular provinces.
At the same time the information given is of serious importance, because it enables us to gauge the writer's method and credibility in the one case, and his knowledge at the period in the other.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "credibility" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
