Abstract
Professor Kirsopp Lake in his recent work on the earlier Epistles of St. Paul mentions three factors of present and commanding interest. The first is one which is always with us, the discussion of the literary and critical questions connected with the various New Testament Books. And in addition there are two factors, which, in Professor Lake's judgment, have not received the attention which they deserve, the study of comparative religion, and another study, which is becoming more and more pressing, the study of psychology. For to understand the history of religion we are told that we must understand the psychology of religious men. These then, are the three factors before us.