Introduction To tell the history of the pericope adulterae is to tell the history of the Gospels, and vice versa. (To Cast the First Stone, Wasserman & Knust, 9). The story of the woman caught in adultery is beloved by many Christians, non-canonical to others, and …
Problems within the Providential Preservation Community
ADDENDUM: Since it may not be clear, those advocating for RTC are not guilty of damnable heresy But the promotion of an atheistic view of Scripture with all of its logical consequences is by definition heresy. Even if they do not understand the logical consequences …
James Ussher Did Not Affirm Restorationist Textual Criticism
One of the growing trends among Restorationist Textual Criticism (RTC) advocates is to paint the Reformers as if they affirmed RTC simply because they engaged in manuscript collation. I suspect this is in part because they are finally realizing that those of who hold to …
THE DOCTRINE RELATING TO CANON – METHOD OF FAITH – 4
CHAPTER IV THE TRUE USE OF SCIENCE IN RELATION TO THE CANON. 418. The legitimate office of historical and critical science in relation to the canon is not so much, as we have said, to lay the foundation of our faith, as to pave the …
A Basic Understanding of the Confessional Text Position
“The letter of Scripture has been preserved, without any corruption, in the original tongue. The Scriptures were not corrupted before Christ’s time, for then Christ would not have sent the Jews to them. He said, ‘Search the Scriptures’. He knew these sacred springs were not ...
How do we Know the Textus Receptus Readings Are Correct?
How do you know the reading in the Textus Receptus is correct? This objection to the Confessional View of Scripture keeps popping up along with the claim that we have no consistent methodology for textual criticism. Both of these are due to the assumption of …
Thomas Manton on Preservation
SERMON XXIX. JOHN XVII.17. Sanctify them through thy Truth, thy Word is Truth. II. THE Church hath owned the Word. You see how God hath owned it, he saith it is my Word. Let us see how the Church hath owned it. Here I shall …
When You Have No Argument
Lie Loudly I’m only writing this post because of some comments made in the Confessional Bibliology Facebook group about Mr. White’s latest rant against those of us who hold to the Biblical view about how we evaluate Greek manuscripts and their variants. It’s your typical …
Captain Deflector Hits a Truth Wall
Headlong into the Truth In this latest episode of The Adventures of Captain Deflector, we cover his recent mewling about, believe it or not, me. So what happened to trigger his thin skin this time? Apparently he didn’t like an article (which he never mentions) …
The Unargued Biases of Restorationist Textual Criticism
Handwritten manuscripts are superior to printed collations This claim is usually made concerning the translators of the Authorized Version that they didn’t use Greek manuscripts and only used printed collations (Textus Receptus). We will ignore the false charge that the AV translators did not consult …
How Many Texts Did Erasmus Have?
One of the common claims made against Desiderius Erasmus’ Greek New Testament is that he only had access to 6 or 7 Greek manuscripts. Like many stories about Erasmus, this one contains a kernel of truth surrounded by a coating of outright misinformation. So let’s …
Doctrinally Significant Verses
Doctrinally Significant Verses Below are all the posts dealing with the doctrinal differences between the TR and the CT and the various heresies that the CT teaches.