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Reverence, Economy, and Superstition
Sacred contractions undeniably save space, but economy does not explain why Christians selected God, Lord, Jesus, and Christ. The evidence points first to reverence—and warns how reverence can become superstition.
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One Book at a Time: Dates, Translators, and Profiles
The Greek biblical books do not share one translator, date, or method. Before a Greek difference can be treated as evidence for another Hebrew text, the translation profile of that particular book must be established.
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From Simon to Restorationism: When Scripture Is Treated Like Every Other Ancient Book
This article examines the shift from ministerial textual comparison to a magisterial restorationism that treats Scripture like ordinary literature.
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The Fathers Who Said Θεός: Chrysostom, Theodoret, and the Witness the Apparatus Cannot Count
Chrysostom and Theodoret do more than affirm the deity of Christ. Both cite 1 Timothy 3:16 as “God was manifest in the flesh” and expound the clause as apostolic Scripture. Their evidence must be weighed carefully, but it cannot be erased by…
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The Line That Vanished
The Line That Vanished Nomina Sacra and 1 Timothy 3:16 Research dossier and ten-part article series Prepared for Confessional Bibliology 23 July 2026 Editorial thesis The famous dispute at 1 Timothy 3:16 is not chiefly about Codex Vaticanus or Codex Sinaiticus. Vaticanus…
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Mark 9:23 — “If Thou Canst Believe” or “If Thou Canst”? Who Is Being Challenged?
Jesus either challenges the father’s ability to believe or takes up the father’s own words, “If thou canst.” Both lead to the declaration that all things are possible to the believer.
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What Is a Textual Canon? From Maxim to Verdict
A textual canon is a bridge from an observed feature to a judgment of priority. This article classifies the main canons and shows why the hidden premises in that bridge matter more than the slogan.
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A Canon Given, Not Made
Canonical authority begins in God’s act, not the Church’s vote. Prophets and apostles delivered writings whose authority already existed; the Church’s task is to hear, guard, confess, and obey them.
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Inspiration and Preservation: Distinct Acts, Inseparable Ends
Inspiration produced the God-breathed Scriptures; preservation conserves that inspired text through history. The acts differ in mode and instruments while serving one divine purpose: an abiding written rule for the church.
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Mark 7:19 — “Purging All Meats”: Grammar, Punctuation, and a Modern Interpretive Claim
The Greek word “cleansing” is overwhelmingly secure. The dispute concerns what it modifies and how editors punctuate the sentence: the bodily process or Jesus as narrator who thereby declared all foods clean.
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Preservation in Name Only
Theological revolutions do not always begin by rejecting familiar words. Often the older vocabulary is retained while its doctrinal content is quietly altered. Inspiration may be affirmed while reduced to religious insight. Resurrection may be affirmed while redefined as the disciples’ continuing…
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Preservation Is an Act of God’s Special Providence toward His Church
Confessional Bibliology, Stated and Defended: Twenty-Five Theses on the Word God Has Preserved
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