I am sure that if you have been in Christian circles for a
while, you have heard the names of Westcott and Hort. If you have not
heard of these two men, you need to realize the impact that they have had
on Christianity, and on your life.
Bishop Brooke F. Westcott and Dr. Fenton J. A. Hort were two professors
at Cambridge University in the late 1800's. They had in their possession
the newly found Codex Sinaiticus and the newly published Codex Vaticanus.
Refer to my "Alexandrian
text" page for more information on these corrupt manuscripts. The
Vaticanus had so many huge gaps in it that these two professors could not
justify doing their re-write of the scripture with just this manuscript
but when the Sinaiticus came along, their "prayers" came true.
These men not only rewrote the scripture based on their bias but
attacked the "Textus Receptus" ( this is one of the major manuscripts from
which your KJV is translated) with the force of a hurricane. It definitely
would lead one to believe that their whole intention was to cripple the
true Word of God, and unfortunately, they did just that.
Let me quote Mr. Hort from his autobiography:
"Evangelicals
seem to me perverted rather than untrue. There are, I fear, still more
serious differences between us on the subject of authority, and especially
the authority of the Bible."
"But the book that has most engaged
me is Darwin…. My feeling is strong that the theory is
unanswerable."
"I have been persuaded for many years that
Mary-worship and Jesus-worship have very much in common…"
"But you
know that I am a staunch sacerdotalist."
"I am inclined to think
that such a state as Eden (I mean the popular notion) never
existed."
"The popular doctrine of substitution is an immoral and
material counterfeit."
"The Romish view seems to me nearer, and
more likely to lead to the truth than the Evangelical… We dare not forsake
the sacraments or God will forsake us."
If that is not enough, lets
go to Westcott's autobiography:
"I wish I could see to what
forgotten truth Mariolatry bears witness."
"No one now, I suppose,
holds that the first three chapters of Genesis, for example, gives a
literal history."
Would you allow these men to teach your children
in Sunday School? Then why are you using their bible to teach your
children? Why did you buy the "NIV Children's Study
Bible" for little Johnny or sweet little Jane? You are buying them a
counterfeit put together by men who would rather worship Mary than Jesus
Christ and who believe that keeping the sacraments is the way to
salvation, NOT the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ!
They didn't believe the Bible had any authority anyway so what is wrong
with changing a few things to line up with what they already
believe?
After all, before Mr. Westcott even had the Sinaiticus, at the
age of 23 he called the KJV vile! These men had an
agenda and they accomplished it with the help of some well meaning but
naïve people. One of them may be your seminary trained Pastor.
As
a side note. Information came to me about a book called "The Authority of
the Bible" by Professor C. H. Dodd who was the "Director of Translation"
of the "New English Bible" This man is from Westcott's and Hort's own
heart. Let me quote.
"The old dogmatic view of the Bible therefore,
is not only open to attack from the standpoint of science and historical
criticism, but if taken seriously it becomes a danger to religion and
public morals." Page 14.
"God is not the author of the Bible but of
the life in which the authors of the Bible partake, and of which they tell
in such imperfect human words as they could command." Page 17.
"The
most downright claims to infallibility are made by the apocalyptist, as
for example in the New Testament Revelation (see 22:6, 16, 18-19) a book
which some of the wisest thinkers of the early Church wished to exclude
from the canon, and which as a whole, is sub-Christian in tone and
outlook." Page 15.
"God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son - The expression evidently Anthropomorphic. It is a
mythological way of saying that in Christ God gives of His own
Being."
"Moses has left us no writings, and we know little of him
with certainty." Page 27
"For indeed the bare idea of vicarious
expiation (substitutionary atonement) is not wholly rational…" Page
215
I think that is enough; don't you?
Just because you have a Doctorate, it doesn't mean you are always
right.
I want to end with this:
For the message of the cross
is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us, who are being saved
it is the power of God. For it is written:
" I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent."
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this
age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this
world? |