Journal of Confessional Bibliology — Scripture Alone, Preserved by Providence

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The Preconditions of Textual Intelligibility

Textual criticism is possible only because reality is ordered, language is meaningful, testimony is knowable, truth is binding, and a determinate text exists. Those conditions require the Christian worldview the critical method brackets.

What Scripture claimsGod-breathed, trustworthy, and complete.
What Scripture accomplishesIt reveals, corrects, trains, and equips.
How Scripture is appliedThe Spirit illumines, convicts, and transforms.
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Key Textual Differences and Doctrinal Consequences

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September 1, 2026 · 11 min read

Wettstein Changed His Mind

The strongest historical objection came from a scholar who first acknowledged the fine stroke and later denied it. Wettstein’s reversal must be heard fairly—but…

September 1, 2026 · 13 min read

The Autograph Nobody Has

The absence of the physical autographs does not prove that the church lacks the authentic text; it raises the question whether the final rule…

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