Journal of Confessional Bibliology — Scripture Alone, Preserved by Providence

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Why Scribes Omit as Well as Add

Eye-skip, abbreviation, memory, deliberate pruning, and measured scribal habits show why the shorter reading may be secondary. The proper comparison is causal, not merely numerical.

What Scripture claimsGod-breathed, trustworthy, and complete.
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September 30, 2026 · 9 min read

When Textual Science Becomes Magisterial

Textual science becomes magisterial not when scholars study manuscripts, but when their revisable judgments regulate the identity and extent of the authority by which…

September 29, 2026 · 11 min read

“God Was Manifest” in the Canonical Context

Θεός produces an explicit confession of the incarnation, fits the grammar, and agrees with Scripture’s repeated identification of Christ as God. Canonical harmony is…

September 29, 2026 · 14 min read

From Jewish Translations to Christian Pandects

The road from early Jewish Greek translations to the great Christian codices passed through centuries of revision, copying, and collection. A later pandect may…

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