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Why I Preach from the Received Text
Jeffrey T. Riddle and Christian M. McShaffrey, eds., Why I Preach from the Received Text (The Greater Heritage, 2022).
This multi-author volume gathers pastors and scholars who argue for preaching from the Received or traditional ecclesiastical text. The essays range from doctrinal and apologetic arguments to pastoral testimony, historical reflection, and practical advice for churches. Its central theme is that the…
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Treatises Concerning the Scriptures
Alternate title: Of the Divine Original of the Scriptures; Integrity and Purity of the Hebrew and Greek Text
John Owen, Treatises Concerning the Scriptures, in The Works of John Owen, vol. 16, ed. William H. Goold (Edinburgh: Johnstone and Hunter, 1853).
The relevant Owen treatises give a mature seventeenth-century Reformed account of Scripture’s divine original and of the integrity and purity of the Hebrew and Greek text. Owen distinguishes autographs, copies, variants, translations, and printed forms without allowing those distinctions to empty the…
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The King James Only Controversy
Alternate title: Can You Trust the Modern Translations?
Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1995.
White’s polemical introduction to the King James-only controversy distinguishes translation questions from questions about the Hebrew and Greek text, rejects English re-inspiration, and argues for contemporary translations and case-by-case eclectic textual criticism. Its accessible taxonomy and local illustrations have made it influential…
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The Canon of the Holy Scriptures
Alternate title: From the Double Point of View of Science and of Faith
London: James Nisbet and Co., 21 Berners Street, 1863.
Gaussen argues for the canon of Scripture by combining historical evidence with what he calls the method of faith. Part One treats the New Testament canon through early catalogues, fathers, heretics, opponents, and the reception of disputed books. Part Two develops doctrinal…
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Has the Bible Been Kept Pure?
Alternate title: The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Providential Preservation of Scripture
Independently published, 2017.
Milne argues from primary Reformation and post-Reformation sources that Westminster Confession 1.8 teaches providential preservation of the complete wording of Scripture in accessible Hebrew and Greek copies, not merely preservation of doctrine or a recoverable text hidden across the manuscript tradition. Extended…
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In Defense of the Authenticity of 1 John 5:7
Bloomington: WestBow Press, 2016; copyright 2015; revised August 3, 2016.
Pappas offers a sustained popular-level defense of the Comma Johanneum, combining the grammar of 1 John 5, Latin and Greek transmission, patristic and conciliar references, the history of Erasmus's editions, and theological arguments from providential preservation. The volume gathers many older pro-Comma…
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A Plea for the Received Greek Text and for the Authorised Version of the New Testament
Alternate title: In Answer to Some of the Dean of Canterbury's Criticisms on Both
London: Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, W., 1869.
Malan replies to Henry Alford's critical Greek text and English revisions through detailed discussion of selected readings and renderings in Matthew 1–4 and Titus. He uses Greek grammar, classical parallels, patristic testimony, and ancient versions to defend the Received Text and the…
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The Ecclesiastical Text
Alternate title: Text Criticism, Biblical Authority and the Popular Mind
Philadelphia: Institute for Renaissance and Reformation Biblical Studies, 1997.
This collection of Letis's essays argues for a 'post-critical' recovery of the New Testament as an ecclesiastically received text. Letis contrasts the Protestant dogmaticians' appeal to the authentic Hebrew and Greek copies with Warfield's doctrine of inerrant but lost autographs, traces the…
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The Impossibility of Apologetics with the Critical Text: An Introduction
In the discipline of Christian apologetics, the authority and stability of Scripture are paramount. Apologetics requires a foundation that is both theologically sound and unchanging—one that communicates truth without ambiguity or alteration. The purpose of this article is to…
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The Confessional Bibliology Project
A Return to the Doctrines of Providential Preservation and Scriptural Authority In the evolving landscape of modern textual criticism and theologically diverging perspectives on Scripture, a movement has emerged within the Reformed tradition that calls for a deliberate return to…
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Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 1 Series: An Introduction
The Westminster Confession of Faith WCF remains one of the most significant doctrinal statements in the Reformed tradition, offering a comprehensive expression of core theological convictions. In particular, Chapter 1 of the Confession— Of the Holy Scripture —addresses…
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Presuppositional Analysis of Books: An Introduction
In the realm of textual criticism and biblical theology, presuppositions—assumptions that authors bring to their work—play a crucial role in shaping interpretations, conclusions, and even methodologies. This article introduces our Presuppositional Analysis of Books series…
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