The Order of Historical Evidence: Text, Whole Work, Usage, Controversy, and Reception
A disciplined hierarchy keeps primary text, whole-work context, period usage, controversy, and reception from being reversed or selectively used.
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242 published records in this controlled archive.
Prayer, Obedience, and the Equal Honour of the Son
Christ’s prayers, obedience, and reception of authority belong to his true humanity and mediatorial office; his reception of divine worship reveals his eternal equality with the Father.
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The Positive Case for the Text: Calamy”s Third Sermon on 1 John 5:7
Calamy assembles his positive case for 1 John 5:7, emphasizing early Latin and African testimony and replying to competing accounts of the reading's origin.
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Who Is a “King James Onlyist”? White’s Contradictory Definitions
White's broad five-group umbrella, his English-inspiration center, and his later exclusive-use test do not name the same class. A disputed label must be translated into a definite claim…
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Mark 7:16 — “If Any Man Have Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear”
The received text places Jesus’ familiar hearing summons between his public parable and its private explanation. The critical text omits the whole verse as an apparent echo of…
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Mark 5:36 — “As Soon as Jesus Heard” or “Ignoring What Was Spoken”?
The received verb says Jesus heard the report of the girl’s death. The critical verb may mean overheard it or disregarded it. The narrative consequence is the same…
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