Some time ago I put online a paper I had completed on the historic position on Bible Preservation.

Historic Reformed Position on Preservation

I now wish to add to this with another on the Transmission of the Text - dealing with I. Presuppositions and II. Text Transmission.

I hope it is a fruitful read for at least some.

Attached Files

Transmission of Text PBPaper.doc (458.5 KB, 11 views)

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Dr. P. S. Ferguson
Bible Presbyterian
Singapore

Dr. Ferguson,

Sadly, some folks do not argue along with the Church (The Reformers), but along with enemies of the Church.

"I followed ancient and approved manuscripts" -John Calvin Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:26, p.253.

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Gil Garcia
Rehoboth Reformed Church (RCUS)
La Habra, CA

"Ignorance of this distinction between Law and Gospel is one of the principal sources of the abuses which corrupted and still corrupt Christianity." - Calvin's successor


"By the words of the law man is admonished and taught, not what he can do, but what he ought to do. How is it that you theologians are twice as stupid as schoolboys, in that as soon as you get hold of a single imperative verb you infer an indicative meaning...?"
-Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

Gil,

Read the sticky on this section of the board.

You may disagree with the CT. (I have MT leanings myself.) However, saying one "agrees with the enemies of the church" is awful close to going against board policy, don't you think?

The KJV is the word of God. So is the ESV.

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Johnathan Tate
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (OPC), Arden, NC

Husband of one, father of 3 (1 in-utero); Time's "Man of the Year" 2006

No.

Read what I said carefully.

I said some folks argue "along" with enemies of the Church, instead of with the Reformers.

Don't you think? Is this not true?

The link you provided is Rev. Keister opinion.

Gill, Ferguson says both the CT and MT are corruptions. I don't want to post too much, since his thread got deleted and this one will probably follow.

If someone were to put out a new edition of the TR (there have been over 100, many of which disagree with each other which makes all except hypothetically one corruptions) and they were to change Rev. 22:19 to conform to 98% of Byzantine readings Ferguson would call that new edition "corrupt". If the new edition of the TR would bring Rev. 16:5 into conformity to every single one of the Byzantine texts we have, he would call it corrupt. Good luck with finding any any Reformed scholars attached to accredited institutes of higher learning to agree with you and him.

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Tim Vaughan
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian, OPC,
Santa Maria
California

TimV,

I m not Dr. Ferguson. You can send him a private message or wait for him to post.

Regarding Rev. 16:5 what do you want the TR or KJV to say?

Thanks Brother!