Note that the Jesuit and American Revised Versions give Jesus a human father, or at least failed to make the distinction. Australians seeking compensation for being allegedly injured from COVID Jabs, Ukrainian Drone Attack on Crimea Preparation for Counteroffensive: Russian fears for peninsula mount after Zelensky said he would try to retake it and preparations are almost complete, UKRAINE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE PLANNING / LOCATION BECOMING CLEAR. Nov., Advent Sunday Westcott: All stigmatise him (a Dr. Hampden) as a heretic,I thought myself that he was grievously in error, but yesterday I read over the selections from his writings which his adversaries make, and in them I found systematically expressed the very strains of thought which I have been endeavouring to trace out for the last two or three years. Who Were Westcott & Hort? | Biblical Training Modern biblical scholars have adjusted and adapted Westcott and Hort's theories of translation, which can be summarized by nine critical rules of biblical interpretation, including the following: The reading is less likely to be original if it shows a disposition to smooth away difficulties. Even so, note that Challoners work brought the Douay closer to the KJAV than any Catholic would have wished! They formed a school of religion and philosophy, which became the center of Christian learning and culture. They didnt believe in heaven or hell or that the Bible was the Word of God. 1857 Feb. 23rd Hort to Westcott: I hope to go on with the New Testament text more unremittingly (Life, Vol.I, p.355). "[126], In 2004, historian Jason BeDuhn examined New Testament passages in which he believed "bias is most likely to interfere with translation"[127] from nine of "the Bibles most widely in use in the English-speaking world". When I gave the school my researched information on certain claims made in the course, I was politely dismissed. Further editing and translation is then performed to produce a final version.[44]. [90], In 2004, Anthony Byatt and Hal Flemings published their anthology 'Your Word is Truth', Essays in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1950, 1953). Westcott and Hort were hostile to the true Greek text of the King James Bible. Hort said this and so does the Catholic Encyclopaedia (Vol 4, p492). Your email address will not be published. On one side, their supporters have heralded them as great men of God, having greatly advanced the search for the original Greek text. Indeed, I find the support obnoxious if such Christians have had the opportunity to examine the evidences found in this series of papers, and in many other sources. cit., Vol. It bears traces of careless transcription on every page. [47] The new revision was also released as part of an app called JW Library. The great Revision Committee that was formed after the time of the discovery of the Vanticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts, was DOMINATED by Westcott and Hort. During the period from 1963 to 1989, the New World Translation became available in ten additional languages. Tischendorf is part of this school of thought, and W&H relied on his work to do their own and so the circle comes around and dots are joined even moreso. So, we can say that the above quote can be taken to be official doctrine of Rome. Members of the society taught the sons of leading families and served as spiritual advisors to kings.(mb-soft.com). Westcott and Hort's radical beliefs and deceptions are widely documented from their own material and their own words. This translation, as J. Carter Swaim observes, has its peculiarities and its excellences. His aim makes it very hard to accept that the Codex Sinaiticus he supposedly found in a monastery just so happened to provide him with his proof! And we can continue: As we have observed, continental (German and French) higher criticism was primarily concerned with destroying the value of the content of the Bible. The New Testament was written in "Koine" Greek, not the Greek that the Catholic Church, via Jesuits, used to counter the Great . Westcott and Hort ExposedFROM THEIR OWN MOUTHS! We must believe it because we are told to believe it, and not because it is true! The timid purpose was slyly subverted by Westcott and Hort's fiery desire to overthrow the authority of the King James Bible. To attack salvation by grace directly would expose her plot to all. Can I claim the name of a believer?(Op. It is very small, with one kneeling-place, and behind a screen was a Pieta the size of life (i.e. Nov. 17th Westcott: As far as I could judge, the idea of La Salette was that of God revealing Himself now, and not in one form but in many. (Life, Vol.I. Julius Robert Mantey, Depth Exploration in the New Testament, Vantage Press, 1980, R. Rhodes, The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions, The Essential Guide to Their History, Their Doctrine, and Our Response, Zondervan, 2001, p. 94. One was to be used as a MORAL attack, the other as a PHYSICAL attack; both to RECLAIM England.. The principal object of the Rheims translators was not ONLY to circulate their doctrines through the country, but ALSO to DEPRECIATE as much as possible the English translations. Revision Company. Many more could be given. A French priest, Richard Simon (1638-1712), was the first who subjected the general questions concerning the Bible to a treatment which was at once comprehensive in scope and scientific in method. He was not a real Christian. [106], In 1953, former American Bible Society board member Bruce M. Metzger concluded that "on the whole, one gains a tolerably good impression of the scholarly equipment of the translators,"[30][107] but identified instances where the translation has been written to support Jehovah's Witness doctrines, with "several quite erroneous renderings of the Greek. . They were heavily involved in the counter-Reformation, and follow the occult spiritual exercises of their founder, Ignatius of Loyola. The Reformers protested against this mutilation of the Lords prayer. And Joseph and His mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of Him., (2) JESUIT VERSION. So wild, so skeptical am I. I cannot yield.(Op. The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) have been dubbed Gods Marines because they infiltrate and destroy. Is this not also a reason to hear the alarm bells that can be heard by all who love the Lord, not Rome? (1) KING JAMES BIBLE. I published (Text and short Introduction). Let us examine what Westcott and Hort actually believed. 7 They hated America and democracy. No, I am not talking about conspiracy theories which are often based on flights of fancy, but about actual attempts to repeat actions and words, etc. Priests were in prison for their plotting, and many had fled to the Continent. 1867 Oct. 17th Hort: I wish we were more agreed on the doctrinal part; but you know I am a staunch sacerdotalist, and there is not much profit in arguing about first principles. (Life, Vol.II, p.86). It is almost laughable that many who use these corrupt modern versions also oppose Rome in their speech! A purely objective evaluation of translations, however, must conclude that only in very exceptional cases can passages be pointed out in which the confessional (or political and social) point of view of the translators shines through. THE EVIDENCE IS AT LEAST 618 TO 2!. [35] The committee requested that the Watch Tower Society not publish the names of its members,[36][37] stating that they did not want to "advertise themselves but let all the glory go to the Author of the Scriptures, God,"[38] adding that the translation, "should direct the reader, not to the translators, but to the Bibles Author, Jehovah God". 1865 Sept. 27th Westcott: I have been trying to recall my impressions of La Salette (a marian shrine). END The "Easy To Read" [When other early church fathers (bishops) were condemning Origen, Eusebius praised him in his book ecclesiastic history. This proliferating emergence of unauthorized versions is a full frontal attack launched (and sustained) against the word of God to remove itand replace it with something else.