Because the tyranny of the critical text is over, serious students of the Bible want a translation based upon the authentic and legitimate tradition.

In the future, we'll see publications that echo Kurt Aland's sentiment that:

"We can appreciate the better the struggle for freedom from the dominance of the Textus Receptus when we remember that in this period it was regarded as preserving even to the last detail the inspired and infallible word of God himself." The Text of the New Testament, An Introduction to the Critical Editions, Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland, p 16

But it will be altered to reflect the new sentiment directed toward the Critical Text:

"We can appreciate the better the struggle for freedom from the dominance of the Critical Text when we remember that in this period no one regarded it as preserving every detail of the inspired and infallible word of God himself."

Ultimately, Christians, because they are regenerate creatures who want to believe God as the Spirit dwells in them, want and need certainty for their faith. The rise of the Critical Text and its dominance rests upon advancing unbelief, constantly and incessantly questioning the integrity of and Authority of Scripture and the certainty that rests upon that. That presupposition is temporary and paranthetical, because it produces an inferior faith.

As the disintegration of society continues and hell enlarges itself, the Kingdom of God will make tremendous advances, for it comes in clouds of darkness (Rev 1:7, Zeph 1:15), and the battle over Authority being in man or God will continue to intensify the polemic between advocates of the Roman position and defenders of Sola Scriptura, respectively, until everyone will view the Critical Text as an archaic relic of 4th century apostasy.

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Thomas Weddle
Member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
Evansville, Indiana