“Attested By” Is Not “Composed In”
The earliest surviving witness tells us that wording existed by a certain point. It does not, by itself, tell us when that wording originated—or authorize an arbitrary century-long…
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Secret Knowledge, Spiritual Castes, and Hostility to Creation
Several ancient systems replaced the public apostolic gospel with elite knowledge, divided humanity into fixed spiritual kinds, and treated marriage or food as stains from an inferior creation.
Open record →Four Dates Every Manuscript Claim Must Separate
A manuscript’s manufacture, the age of its wording, its scholarly date assignment, and its documented provenance are four different chronological claims. Honest textual history must name which one…
Open record →Separationism: Jesus Divided from Christ
Cerinthian separationism joined a heavenly Christ to the man Jesus only for a time. The apostolic answer is one enduring person who comes in flesh, blood, suffering, resurrection,…
Open record →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 preserve ancient readings, but…
Open record →Docetism: Flesh Only in Appearance
Docetism protects a heavenly Savior from real flesh, blood, suffering, and death. Scripture answers that the Word truly became man and redeemed us in the same nature that…
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