A guide to the textual criticism of the New Testament - Holy Bible ...

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they were rejected by the Church, were the products of Semiarian times,
are condemned by experts, and are full of blunders . pp. 44-59.
CHAPTER V.
THE RIVAL SCHOOL,
The tenets of the Rival School already implied— i. They do not
maintain the Received Text, and are not indiscriminate in the use of
authorities. 2. Insist that all authorities should be weighed and employed
; and thus widen the basis. 3. They maintain the Traditional
Text, which the Church of all ages has acknowledged, and no age
therefore can reject—extreme importance of this part of the contention
hence the need of a history of the Traditional Text—the question
depends upon a just estimate of proportion . . . pp. 60-64.
CHAPTER VI.
HISTORY OF THE TRADITIONAL TEXT TILL THE ERA OF
ST.
CHRYSOSTOM.
Difference between Sacred and Classical Textual Criticism, i. Conjectural
Emendation inadmissible. 2. God the Holy Ghost the Preserver
as well as Inspirer of the Holy Scriptures. 3. Corporate as
well as individual productions ..... pp. 65-68.
Early Corruption derived from oral teaching, tampering with the text
by heretics, carelessness of scribes, ignorance of Greek or of doctrine
Gnosticism—Marcion—Tatian—evidence of corruption . pp. 68-72.
Exceeding care employed by the faithful—Traditional Text—Peshito
—Old Latin Versions—Egyptian pp. 72-77.
Alexandria—Origen—followers of Origen— Eusebius — persecution of
Diocletian—celebrated order of Constantine—transcription
of B and N
PP- 77-83-
Proofs of the Traditional Text in this period found amidst corruption
in its subsequent supremacy, in the MSS. used by the Fathers, and in
contemporaneous Versions .... .
pp. 83-85.