Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

had eliminated the study of Greek language and
literature. “Knowledge of the Greek language died
out in Western Europe,” says one whose pro-
Roman leanings are well known.[3] Italy, France,
Germany, and England were stunned by the sudden
revelations in history, science, literature, and
philosophy which came to them. Immediately they
appropriated their newly found treasures. Scholars
were as much intent upon manuscript hunting as
Columbus was upon continent hunting.
The greatest treasure accruing to the world by
the fall of Constantinople was the recovery of
multiplied manuscripts of the Greek New
Testament. The vast majority of these manuscripts
were the Received Text. Having had only the Latin
Bible of Rome, called the Vulgate, the western
world in general lacked the exact words written by
the apostles of the revelations of Jesus.
At this moment appeared the astounding
scholar of the age. In erudition Erasmus of Holland
has never been surpassed, in the opinion of many.
He brought his gigantic intellect to bear upon the
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