In our previous post Asa or Asaph, we saw how Metzger had no qualms calling the Holy Ghost a liar when he stated, “the evangelist may have derived material for the genealogy, not from the Old Testament directly, but from subsequent genealogical lists, in which the …
Our Daily Metzger – Asa or Asaph (Mt 1:7,8)
This is the first in a series that will cover some of the more outrageous and foolish claims by Dr. Bruce Metzger in his Textual Commentary. The series will also show that Restorationist Textual Criticism’s underlying philosophy is at odds with Biblical Christianity. And those …
The Arrogance of Scholars
One of the most common and socially acceptable sins in Christendom is the bearing of false witness. This sin usually takes the form of the logical fallacy known as the ad hominem. And while it is common on social media for the average Christian to …
Textual Issue in John 10:29
From Dean Burgon’s Causes of Corruption We are sometimes able to trace the origin and progress of accidental depravations of the text: and the study is as instructive as it is interesting. Let me invite attention to what is found in St. John x. 29; …
The Doctrine Relating to Canon – Method of Faith – 3
CHAPTER IV THE ADVANTAGES OF THE METHOD OF FAITH. 416. The method of faith, on the contrary, by requiring you to study profoundly the divine facts recorded in the Word in order to find your proofs, far from giving birth to doubts in your progress, …
The Doctrine Relating to Canon – Method of Faith – 2
CHAPTER II OBJECTIONS TO THE METHOD OF SCIENCE. 410. This method of science, which can render such valuable service to the cause of God as long as it is not allowed to pass the limits of its legitimate use, is, nevertheless, exposed to grave objections, …
The Doctrine Relating to Canon – Method of Faith
The Doctrine Relating to Canon THE METHOD OF FAITH by Louis Gaussen 401. We are come to what, after all, forms the surest foundation of our confidence relative to the entire collection of the Scriptures. But it will be necessary, before entering on this important …
Matthew 2:11 & WCF 1.8
As the Confessional Bibliology Facebook Group is a confessional group affirming the original intent of WCF/2LBCF 1.8 we have the following in our pinned post from Dr. Garnet Milne’s Has the Bible Been Kept Pure in All Ages? A preserved purity Finally, the divines also …
Why New Testament Textual Criticism Can Never Arrive at Truth
RTC as a Thought Experiment So let’s pretend we have completed such an experiment. We begin our experiment by printing off a copy of the book of Matthew. This printed copy (autograph) is then given to 10 people to copy by hand. Each of …
William Whitaker on the Canon – Part 2
CHAPTER IV. WHEREIN THE ARGUMENT OF THE ADVERSARIES IS PROPOSED AND CONFUTED. Having now premised a brief explanation of these matters, we will come to the discussion of the cause and question proposed. And first, we shall have to treat of the six entire books, …
William Whitaker on the Canon – Part 1
THE FIRST CONTROVERSY. QUESTION I. CHAPTER I. WHEREIN THIS WHOLE CONTROVERSY IS DISTRIBUTED INTO ITS PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. We will lay the foundation of this controvery in those words of Christ which are to be found in the fifth chapter of St John’s Gospel at the …
The Doctrine Relating to Canon – Part 1
THE DOCTRINE RELATING TO THE CANON. The doctrine which concerns the canon of Scripture is this that God himself has made Himself its guarantee, that His almighty providence is engaged for the preservation of this sacred deposit, that He has guarded, now guards, and will …