Doubting divine inspiration of scripture shifted weight onto historical reliability of the Gospels
Evidence
But as skepticism about the source of inspiration thought of as communication led to a questioning of the idea that the scriptures were divinely given, a concern with their historical authenticity—with true origins—became increasingly urgent. If God did not directly inspire the Gospels, then Christian belief demanded that at least the accounts of Jesus they contained should be “reliable,” because only then would they guarantee the life and death of Christ in this world, and thus bear witness to the truth of the Incarnation. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 194
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships