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by Edward Lee Hicks (Author)
For many years I have felt that in the story of the Temptation we have a self-revelation of the mind of Christ, embodied in a brief and deeply symbolic narrative, the right interpretation of which, if we could but compass it, would yield invaluable results. The study of the Temptation involves the question of the supernatural. But again it is obvious, that the miraculous or supernatural in the Gospel centres in the Personality of Christ. When, from a study of the records, we have made up our minds (I speak reverently) who and what He is, we may then enquire whether what is termed the miraculous element in the story befits our conception of Himself.
Author Biography
Edward Lee Hicks (1843 - 1919) was an eminent Anglican priest and author who served as Bishop of Lincoln 1910-1919. Born in Oxford in 1843, Hicks was educated at Magdalen College School and Brasenose College, Oxford and ordained in 1886. After a spell as Fellow and Tutor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford he was Rector of Fenny Compton before becoming the first Principal of Hulme Hall. After this he was a Canon Residentiary of Manchester Cathedral, then Rural Dean of Salford until his elevation to the Episcopate. He was enthroned at Lincoln Cathedral in 1910 where he would stay until his death in 1919.
