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The Biblical definition of sin is found in 1 John 3:4. "For sin is the transgression of the law". In No 790, Adventists are asked to repeat the RSV's definition of sin: "Sin is lawlessness". (And, so is exceeding the speed limit. Is that sin?) What a mix up! Far from the ludicrous image of a sinful, lawless foetus, depicted in their hymnal, the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary prepared in the 'fifties gives a perfectly rational exposition of Psalm 51:5. On page 755 of Vol. 3 we read: "David recognises that children inherit natures with propensities to evil ". 4 This fully accords with David's declaration in the KJV: "Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me". It is on this obfuscation of God's plain definition of sin that the "new theology" of apostate Protestantism is predicated! The logical conclusion to this postulate will inevitably support Rome's dogma of the Immaculate Conception with its Mary Worship. How else could Christ be incarnated through humanity and, yet be born sinless! (according to Rome's definition of sin). It would be difficult to imagine a more striking vindication of Dr Rivera's claim regarding Rome's infiltration of Seventh-day Adventism than the above recitation of behaviour which must surely merit the title of Rome's Little Helper! 12
BATTLE OF THE BIBLES 2E Chapter Twenty-Seven Fruits of Anti Christ The story of the Battle of the Bibles would remain little more than one of historical interest unless its relevance to present day Christianity can be demonstrated. There are those who love to assure us that textual variations have little or no bearing on basic Christian doctrine. If this be so, then we can only conclude that the leading contenders for the revision of the King James Version failed miserably in their expectations; for the leading agitator for revision, who also became chairman of the New Testament Committee of Revision, made no secret of his desire for change, meaning doctrinal change. Said Bishop Ellicott: "Here our duty is obvious. Faithfulness and loyalty to God's truth, require that the correction should be made unhesitatingly" (Ellicott, "Considerations", p 88). Accordingly, we shall here offer some comparisons of texts from five Bible versions "against" that of the King James Version. In the process, it will be noticed that Ellicott's expectations have been realised - not only in the Revised Version, but progressively more so in subsequent versions. The five versions chosen are representative of changes in translations approximating the period between the publication of the Douay and Jerusalem Versions, both of which are Roman Catholic Bibles. This is the period covering roughly the era of the development of Protestantism until its virtual demise following Vatican II Council (1962 to 1965). The reader may compare other versions with this fairly representative selection. The versions selected for this exercise of comparison with the KJ V are: 1. The Douay Version (1914 Edition) published and revised from the Rheims (1582) and the Douay (1609) version. 2. The Revised Version (RV 1897). 3. The Revised Standard Version (RSV published by Thomas Nelson 1957). 4. The Jerusalem Bible (JB 1971). 5. The New International Version (NIV 1978). It is here pertinent to note some ways in which attacks on Scripture are launched. By injecting seeds of doubt by means of marginal or foot notes; by changes which effect the meaning either subtly or by outright contradictions; or by omission of words, phrases, sentences and whole verses. We shall group these attacks on the Received Text under broad doctrinal headings and list the Scriptural comparisons in the order in which they appear in the Bible. This is by no means an attempt at a detailed analysis, but it will be sufficient to demonstrate that important doctrines are effected. When any of these five versions do not appear in our analysis, it is because it is in thought-agreement with the KJV. The doctrines with which we will be here concerned are: 1. Messianic Prophecies. 2. Christ's divinity and Creatorship. 1
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Table of Contents By way of introdu
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Chapter Two Colet and Erasmus Desid
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With Erasmus's translation, Tyndale
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Jane Seymour, the third of Henry's
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attacked and destroyed monasteries
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negotiated with winds not always fa
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