Erasmus and Codex Vaticanus: The Claim Must Be Tested
The claim that Erasmus ignored or never had access to Codex Vaticanus usually confuses a physical codex, readings reported from it, and Erasmus’s own stated judgment about those…
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Principles, methods, evidence, and criticism concerning the biblical text.
Who Put John 5:4 into the Bible? What the Evidence Actually Proves
The question came to Wesley Huff from a Mormon missionary: Who took John 5:4 out of your Bible? Huff describes turning to the passage and finding verse 3…
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R. L. Dabney’s 1871 Indictment of the Critical Canons
Dabney argued that nineteenth-century critics did not merely disagree over facts; they worked with rival codes whose rules could reverse one another and lacked a common umpire.
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Of the Holy Scripture IV: Original Languages, Preservation, Interpretation, and Final Appeal
The final paragraphs of Westminster Confession 1 ask whether the inspired Hebrew and Greek Scriptures have been kept pure, whether they remain the church's authentic court of appeal,…
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Scripture Cannot Say Yea and Nay
The truthfulness and unity of Scripture are not an excuse to deny variant copies; they are a theological constraint on how the church identifies the canonical text.
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Calvin, Whitaker, and Turretin: Error, Obstinacy, and the Foundations of Faith
Calvin, Whitaker, and Turretin confirm that the church must distinguish lesser errors from formal heresy while still defending foundational truths.
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