This is very interesting.
One thing that I'm not sure about is "providential preservation". Haven't these texts been in the church for longer then the reformation? The reason I ask is because of these statement:
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The third theory uses providential preservation to support the King James when it does not follow the majority text.
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...Regardless of the witness of the majority of manuscripts or of the modern versions
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... the King James preserves the true text. In other words, God guided sixteenth century scholars to the true text and it has been preserved in the King James version. |