Ab extra


from the outside.
Historical Examples

He clothes reason with authority to determine what is inspiration, by saying that there can be no revelation “ab extra.”
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology John F. Hurst

In this letter Blackwood told me the first ab extra opinion of the book, which happened to be precisely what I most desired.
George Eliot’s Life, Vol. II (of 3) George Eliot

In this letter Blackwood tells me the first ab extra opinion of the book, which happened to be precisely what I most desired.
Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London A. St. John Adcock

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