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Old 03-27-2008, 05:03 PM
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I'd call it an Enthymeme, that is, a set of syllogisms with implied premises used for rhetorical effect.

Because they are syllogisms, the logical method would be deductive.

If it were inductive, Paul would have said something like, "we have never experienced hearing the word without someone preaching, therefore we should have preachers."
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