But I am glad to state a historical fact, as a principal demonstration of that influence which institutions exercise upon the character of nations.
It follows, therefore, that if this one miracle can be proved to have been an historical fact, it carries with it the entire force of all the remaining miracles of the New Testament.
Then, leaving a priori grounds, they also affirm that the evidence to prove the Resurrection to have been an historical fact is insufficient for the purpose.
For, be it observed, at this point interpretation, declaring what the prophets seem to us to-day to mean, passes into and gives way to historical fact.
Now I think you will allow me to say, Gentlemen, as a matter of historical fact, that the latter supposition has been actually fulfilled, and that the former has not.
Let the doctrine of the Incarnation be true: is it not at once of the nature of an historical fact, and of a metaphysical?
We shall never form a complete idea of an historical fact, unless we carefully study its history.
The division into six provinces is nevertheless, in my opinion, to be considered as an historical fact; only the arrangement could not have been made till a much later period.
If this is considered as an historical fact, we may, as it appears, deduce more from it than is commonly inferred--viz.
Has not, in fact, the birth of the United States, even to the dullest mind, become an historical fact of equal importance with the French Revolution?
For we have a well-grounded belief that not only is it possible for Mr. Froude to desire an historical fact to be otherwise than it is, but that he is capable of carrying that desire into effect.
Some distinguished Masons are disposed to give it full credence as an historical fact, while others look upon it only as a beautiful allegory.
If we attempt to adopt it as an historical fact, the absurdity of its details stares us in the face, and wise men will wonder at our credulity.
We must be prepared to realise but rarely the conditions of a certain inference; we are too little acquainted with the laws of social life, and too seldom know the precise details of an historical fact.
The "social fact," as recognised by certain sociologists, is a philosophical construction, not an historical fact.
It is an historical fact of which the Court will take judicial notice, that Seyss-Inquart was the original Quisling.
That is an historical fact of which I ask the Tribunal to take judicial notice.
That is anhistorical fact of which I ask the Court to take judicial notice, and I am quite certain that the Defendant Göring would not dispute it.
The Death is an historical fact, occurring in one short hour.
Now the first thing that strikes me here is that, whatever else the system unfolded in the New Testament is, it is to begin with a simple record of historical fact.
There are two kinds of quotations in Aristotle's extant works, the quotation of another book, and the quotation of a historical fact.
In ancient times the expedition was regarded as a historical fact, an incident in the opening up of the Euxine to Greek commerce and colonization.
Moreover, Taylor is of opinion that "they both did believe One God, and the Holy Trinity;" an opinion in the teeth of historical fact.
The difficulty has been that humanity has for centuries childishly accepted them as historical fact.
As historical fact, that story about Adam and Eve eating an apple and thereby bringing down God's curse upon the whole innocent human race is but a figment of little minds, and an insult to divine intelligence.
But the history of the Church is only commenced in Holy Scripture, and for a full explanation of the Holy Catholic Church, regarded as a historical fact, we need to have this history continued down to our own days.
Bible, whether we regard it as an article of the faith, or as a matter of historical fact.
The existence of the Church is a historical fact, which may be traced down through the eighteen centuries from the times of the Apostles to our own.
It may be almost laid down as an historical fact, that the mystical interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together.
What has been said is sufficient to bring before the mind an historical fact, which indeed does not need evidence.
Perhaps his confidence in the truth and availableness of this view has sometimes led the author to be careless and over-liberal in his concessions to Protestants of historical fact.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "historical fact" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
