Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

eappeared in the works of theologians of our day.
The following words from the Americana, will
prove the tendency of this doctrine to break out in
our times. Note the place of “aeons” in their
system:
“There have been no Gnostic sects since the
fifth century; but many of the principles of their
system of emanations reappear in later
philosophical systems, drawn from the same
sources as theirs. Plato’s lively representation had
given to the idea of the Godhead, something
substantial, which the Gnostics transferred to their
aeons. ”[8]
In fact, the aeons system has found a treatment
in the Revised Version.
Bishop Westcott who was one of the
dominating minds of the English New Testament
Revision Committee advocates that the Revised
New Testament be read in the light of the modern
aeon theories of the Revisers. He comments thus
on the revised reading of (Ephesians 3:21): “Some
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