Battle of the Bibles - Present Truth
Battle of the Bibles - Present Truth
Battle of the Bibles - Present Truth
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"Since <strong>the</strong> great advance in manuscript evidence has only amplified with greater<br />
numerical preponderance that text-type deliberately chosen by Erasmus, Stephanus,<br />
and Beza, <strong>the</strong>y would chose no differently today in any major respects" ("The Majority<br />
Text: Essays and Reviews in <strong>the</strong> Continuing Debate" 1987, pp 139, 140).<br />
Could we suggest to our readers that, when <strong>of</strong>fered this red herring, <strong>the</strong>y counter<br />
by asking a simple question: "Which manuscripts?"<br />
We have already acquainted ourselves with <strong>the</strong> so-called better manuscripts on<br />
which most modern versions are based, They are held to be none o<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>the</strong><br />
survivors <strong>of</strong> Constantine's Origen-impregnated Bible, <strong>the</strong> Vaticanus and Sinaiticus.<br />
We could fur<strong>the</strong>r embarrass our proponents <strong>of</strong> Rome's tainted <strong>Bibles</strong> by asking<br />
why <strong>the</strong> KJV was allowed to reign for over two and a half centuries unchallenged by<br />
Protestantism until, in 1870, <strong>the</strong>se two survivors <strong>of</strong> Constantine's Bible were suddenly<br />
exalted to a place <strong>of</strong> dictatorship in <strong>the</strong> work <strong>of</strong> revision? Says Dean Burgon:<br />
"These are two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> least trustworthy documents in existence ... [<strong>the</strong>y] are,<br />
demonstrably, nothing else but specimens <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> depraved class thus characterised"<br />
("Revision Revised", pp 315, 317).<br />
Yet ano<strong>the</strong>r question is pertinent. Why does <strong>the</strong> tide <strong>of</strong> modern revision flow<br />
relentlessly Romeward?<br />
An appropriate answer is to be found in <strong>the</strong> Protestant New Brunswick review <strong>of</strong><br />
August, 1954, which has turned out to be quite prophetic. Speaking <strong>of</strong> that traitor to <strong>the</strong><br />
Church <strong>of</strong> England, Cardinal Newman who along with his co-traitor, Cardinal Wiseman,<br />
engineered <strong>the</strong> fraud <strong>of</strong> revision, we read:<br />
"He had left <strong>the</strong> leprosy <strong>of</strong> Popery cleaving to <strong>the</strong> very walls <strong>of</strong> Oxford, to infect<br />
<strong>the</strong> youth <strong>of</strong> England through an unknown future" (p 322).<br />
And <strong>the</strong>n, speaking <strong>of</strong> Dr Schaff, <strong>the</strong> American reviser, and his apostate position<br />
adopted in his "History <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Apostolic Church"<br />
"The positions he has already advanced, are such as to lay <strong>the</strong> whole truth and<br />
grace <strong>of</strong> God, and <strong>the</strong> whole liberty, hope, and salvation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> human race, at <strong>the</strong> feet <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Roman Papacy" (ibid p 325).<br />
It is this phenomenon that caused Wilkinson to observe:<br />
"This so-called Bible revision has become one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> deadliest <strong>of</strong> weapons in <strong>the</strong><br />
hands <strong>of</strong> those who glorify <strong>the</strong> Dark Ages and who seek to bring Western nations back<br />
to <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ological thinking which prevailed before <strong>the</strong> Reformation" ("Our Authorised<br />
Bible Vindicated", p 103).<br />
No wonder Cardinal Wiseman exulted over <strong>the</strong> way Rome had used Protestants<br />
to insinuate <strong>the</strong> Catholic Vulgate into <strong>the</strong>ir very own Bible!<br />
Now that we have a clear insight into Rome's grand plan for <strong>the</strong> subversion <strong>of</strong><br />
Protestantism, <strong>the</strong>re is no need to consent with awesome wonderment to <strong>the</strong> learned<br />
scholars who tritely refer to <strong>the</strong> "original Greek text" in order to substantiate Bible<br />
renderings which are in conflict with <strong>the</strong> Received Text. Ra<strong>the</strong>r, we should ask <strong>the</strong>m to<br />
identify <strong>the</strong>ir Greek text. Do not be surprised if <strong>the</strong>y should reveal <strong>the</strong>ir ignorance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
fact that <strong>the</strong>re have been two streams <strong>of</strong> New Testament texts throughout <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong><br />
post-apostolic Christendom - <strong>the</strong> uncorrupted Word <strong>of</strong> God and <strong>the</strong> philosophical<br />
corruptions <strong>of</strong> man. Do not be surprised if <strong>the</strong>y have never heard <strong>of</strong> Dr Burgon and his<br />
devastating exposure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fraud <strong>of</strong> revision. His "Revision Revised", is a monumental<br />
work which modern textual critics prefer to ignore ra<strong>the</strong>r than expose <strong>the</strong>ir ignorance<br />
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