The Bible & Textual Criticism‏

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In continuing with our studies of Textual Criticism and its proponents, the following are some more key points to consider.

 

The unbiblical fruit of Textual Criticism is doubt – not biblical faith. The idea that man could set himself in a position to be a judge over the Bible – the very Word of God – is inappropriate to say the least!

The Bible & Textual Criticism

To change the wording of the Bible for any “convenient” reason is crossing into another area of danger for the individual offender, for those who follow suit, and for those who must deal with the lingering affects thereafter – The Body of Christ. There are certainly many problems with the "modern" translations of the Bible. In particular, the popular New International Version (NIV). Why?

 

As an example of modern day corruptions within the various translations of the Word of God, consider the following resource for a quick comparison of the King James Version (KJV) verses the NIV:

http://www.chick.com/information/bibleversions/comparison.asp

Old Testament

God preserved the words of the Old Testament by the Levitical priests, who faithfully copied them through the centuries. The best manuscript is the Ben Chayyim, also known as the "Bomberg Text." This faithful Rabbinic Old Testament was rejected by the many Bible translation committees in favor of a Vatican-published text. It requires a careful and discerning eye to spot the differences.

New Testament

God preserved the words of the New Testament by His faithful Christian disciples, from Antioch of Syria (see Acts 11:26) to the Vaudois (also known as the Waldensians) people of the French Alps about AD 120. From the 150's on they passed this Old Latin Bible – called the "Common Bible" or "Vulgate" – throughout Europe and the British Isles. The Vaudois people were regarded by the Protestants and Baptists as "pre-Reformers," passing down the gospel message until the Protestant Reformation of the 1500's. Their Bibles and others translated from them were so accurate they were also included in translating the King James Bible. Various translation committees unwisely used none of these Bibles when deciding the meaning of God's Words and how to translate them into the English language. 

The Preserved vs. the Perverted "Vulgate"

Please remember – The Vaudois' Old Latin Vulgate is not the same as the later Roman Catholic Latin Vulgate. The Vaudois' Vulgate is God's preserved words of God in Old Latin which brought the gospel to all Europe. The Roman Catholic Vulgate is completely different. It wrongly mixed God's words with the perverted Alexandrian Greek Old Testament, Apocrypha and New Testament. Modern "scholars" falsely declare there's only one Latin Vulgate. But there are two: the preserved (Vaudois) and the perverted (Roman Catholic).

A Mixture of Perversion

Modern versions of the Bible mix many Alexandrian errors into their text. We know this because they tell us which ancient texts they used when they made their Bible. Don't be deceived by the clever names and symbols often utilized in their footnotes, etc. Here are some examples – and supporting thoughts – of what the modern translating teams claim they used for their versions:

• The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia or BHS is not the preserved Hebrew Old Testament. This text is approved by the Vatican and printed jointly by the Vatican and Protestant Bible societies. In 1937 the "scholars" rejected the preserved Ben Chayyim exchanging it for an "older" – but not more accurate – text: the Leningrad Ms B 19a (also known as the "Ben Asher text"). The BHS states:

"...it is a welcome sign of the times that it was published jointly in 1971 by the Wurttemburg Bible Society, Stuttgart, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome...." –  Prolegomena, p. XII

• The Septuagint or LXX was actually written after Jesus Christ was born – not before. There are many Septuagints, as each Alexandrian Old Testament is different from every other. In fact, they are Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus and Alexandrinus – the same exact codices from which the modern perverted New Testaments originate!
• The Latin Vulgate is not the preserved Vaudois Christian Old Latin Vulgate. The modern translation "scholars" consulted the perverted Roman Catholic Latin Vulgate.
• The Majority Text (MT). With a name like "Majority Text" it should be a compilation of the majority of Greek New Testament manuscripts. But it is not. The "Majority Text" is actually a hand-picked set of manuscripts grouped together by the "pro-Alexandrian" liberal Hermann Von Soden. Less than 8% of the over 5,000 Greek manuscripts were compared to each other by Von Soden's team of collators! However, many translation committees give the MT great prominence, documenting this inaccurate information in the footnotes.

For example, some critics believe the Textus Receptus is incomplete because they disagree with the "Majority Text." However, the "Majority Text" is not the majority of texts! The "Majority Text" is a fake. Don't be deceived – do not trust any Bible that holds to the "Majority Text".

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ALEXANDRIAN – PAGAN – SCHOOL OF GREEK

1. Devoted to Gnosticism – Believed that the NT God was the real God and the OT God was the false God.
2. Devoted to Arianism – Denial of the deity of Jesus Christ.
3. Denied Christ’s humanity – full humanity and full Deity.
4. By the time of the Council of Nicea it was believed that the Arians outnumbered the Christians throughout the Roman Empire.
5. Devoted to the philosophical/allegorical interpretation of Scripture.
6. Was the major hotbed of occultism.
7. Home of the famed library of occultism where the “wisdom of the Serpent” reigned. “Hermes” was claimed as the greatest god. See The Adepts: Mystics & Mysteries of Alexandria: by Manly P. Hall. (Manly P. Hall was a high level Freemason Luciferian/Satanist/Occultist).
8. Was opposed to the Antioch school of Greek.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANTIOCH – CHRISTIAN – SCHOOL OF GREEK

1. Devoted to the literal interpretation of Holy Scripture rather than the philosophical/allegorical interpretation. The “Historical/Grammatical” method of interpretation for the New Testament has its roots in Antioch. Whereas the Hebrew Mazzuratic Text’s very strict Jewish custom of interpretation & accountability for every single word & letter of the Old Testament and their exact placement is true to Biblical history.
2. Was the center of the Church after Jerusalem (see Acts 15:22)
3. Was ardently opposed to the Alexandrian school of Greek.

THE “TEXTUS RECEPTUS” – RECEIVED TEXT – ACCEPTED BY THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOR 1,800 YEARS

1. The Apostolic churches.
2. The churches in Palestine.
3. The Syrian Church at Antioch.
4. The Vaudois people of the French Alps (Waldensians) 120 AD onward.
5. The Peshita Syriac Version 150 AD.
6. The Italic church in Northern Italy 157 AD.
7. The church of Southern France 177 AD.
8. The Celtic church in Great Britain.
9. The Church of Scotland & Ireland.
10. The Pre-Waldensian churches.
11. The Byzantine period 312-1453 AD.
12. The Gothic versions of the 4th century.
13. The Codex W of Matthew in the 4th Century.
14. The Churches of the Reformation all utilized the Textus Receptus:

Erasmus 1516

Luther’s German Bible 1522

Tyndale 1534

French Olivelon 1535

Coverdale Bible 1535

Taverner’s Bible 1539

The Great Bible 1539

The Geneva Bible 1560

The Bishop’s Bible 1568

15. Spanish Version 1569
16. The Czech version 1602
17. The Italian version of Diodatl 1607
18. The KJV Bible of 1611 – known as “The Authorized Version”

THE DANGERS OF “WESTCOTT & HORT” AND THEIR DUBIOUS ASSOCIATIONS

1. These two men were known occultists.
2. These two men didn’t believe in Heaven and denied the deity of Jesus Christ.     
3. These two men provided the Greek text for the modern translations. The “Sinatic” manuscript was “discovered” at Mt. Sinai in the monastery of St. Catherine and agrees closely with the “Vaticainus” manuscript which was in the Pope’s – Vatican – library since 1481.
4. These two men were Members of “The Hermes Club” an Occultist group. Hermes was the serpent god-worshiped in Alexandria, Egypt.
5. These two men in 1881 utilized the Alexandrian manuscripts “Codex Vaticainus” – which omits the beginning of the Bible: Genesis 1 as well as Psalm 106-138 – in order to attack the inerrancy of the Bible.

In closing:

The Alexandrian text also favors Occultism and acquired the endorsement of the infamous “Madam Helena Petrovna Blavatsky” who was an occultist witch, founder of The Theosophical Society and an associate of Westcott & Hort. They were all members of The Ghostly Guild also known as The Society of the Investigation of Ghosts. Many séances were conducted within their meetings. Finally, homosexual activity was not uncommon at these meetings. These facts are indisputable.

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