JOHN WILLIAM BURGON
Quote: Once for all, we request it may be clearly understood that we do not, by any means, claim perfection for the Received Text. We entertain no extravagant notions on this subject. Again and again...
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buy Burgon's own line:"Let it be also candidly admitted that, even where (in our judgment) the Revisionists have erred, they have never had the misfortune seriously to obscure a single feature of...
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Maybe I have, maybe I haven't. If you can show that any of this is out of context or contrary to what he actually believed, have at it. I am certainly willing to be judged by the same criteria by...
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You'll have to forgive me for taking so long in response, I had to track down your quotes. Once for all, we request it may be clearly understood that we do not, by any means, claim perfection for the...
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Maybe I have, maybe I haven't. If you can show that any of this is out of context or contrary to what he actually believed, have at it. I am certainly willing to be judged by the same criteria by...
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why do they continue to reject the work being done by pro-MT and Byzantine-priority scholars in "correcting" the received text? They (MT and Byz-pri) do not follow the methods of the CT critics. My...
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Let it be also candidly admitted that, even where (in our judgment) the Revisionists have erred, they have never had the misfortune seriously to obscure a single feature of Divine Truth;I apologize,...
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why do they continue to reject the work being done by pro-MT and Byzantine-priority scholars in "correcting" the received text? They (MT and Byz-pri) do not follow the methods of the CT critics. My...
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The main reason I posted this was in response to the similar posts by Mitex (list a famous name, leave a quotation). Another reason was to make a point to those KJVOnlyists who believe the KJV is...
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If I may interject... If one were to so concede, then what? Are you willing to study the method of Burgon, Hodges, Pickering, etc.? If we allowed you the wiggle room of admitting that the TR is not...
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I have replied to this message, but somehow it got posted as a reply to brianrw -- ok, I made a mistake. I hope you don't miss it.The point is, if we concede imperfection -- then what? Can you accept...
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> The point is, if we concede imperfection -- then what? Can you accept it as infinitely superior?"infinitely" is awfully big. How could it be "infinitely" superior while imperfect?Conversely, that...
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Exactly my point... !It is either 100 percent purity, or it is just another book like any other. You are not going to allow any degrees. That's why I said there is NO DIFFERENCE in your eyes (or...
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OK... How about "superior"?H-m-m-m-m?"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."-- II...
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> It is either 100 percent purity, or it is just another book like any other.I disagree. And that is the crux of the debate. If your statement is true, than either:- there was no Bible before...
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This is an honest question. There are enough (dare I use the word) scholars out there who believe in Burgon's methods that they could begin work on new version -- why don't they do it? What are they...
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Why "infinitely superior"? Why not just say it's better? ####################################Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but inlowliness of mind let each esteem others...
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BrianT: "infinitely" is awfully big. How could it be "infinitely" superior while imperfect?Conversely, that would imply others are "infintely" inferior. How can a Bible that is only different in a few...
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