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Question #25 -
QUESTION:
What is the
difference between a "Textus Receptus Man" and a
"King James Man?"
ANSWER:
A "TR Man" gets his manuscripts from Antioch and his
philosophy from Egypt.
EXPLANATION:
Under Question #8 concerning Alexandria and Antioch it was pointed
out that we derive two things from each of these locations. We
derive manuscripts and an ideology
through which we judge those manuscripts.
From Alexandria we receive corrupted
manuscripts, tainted by the critical hand of Origen. We also
receive an ideology that believes the Bible to be divine, but
not perfect, not without error.
From Antioch we receive the pure line of
manuscripts culminating in what is known as the "Received
Text" or Textus Receptus. We also receive the ideology that
the Bible is not only Divine, but perfect, without error.
1. Most Bible critics do not
believe that the Bible is perfect (The Alexandrian Ideology). They
usually also accept the Alexandrian manuscripts as superior to
those of Antioch.
2. A King James Bible believer accepts the
Antiochian manuscripts or Textus Receptus as superior to the
Alexandrian. They also accept the Antiochian Ideology in that they
accept the Bible as infallible and do not believe it contains any
errors or mistranslations and that it cannot be improved.
3. A Textus Receptus man also accepts the
Antiochian manuscripts or Textus Receptus as superior to the
Alexandrian. But a Textus Receptus man accepts the Antiochian
manuscripts yet he views them with the Alexandrian Ideology.
He does not accept any translation as perfect
and without error. He generally feels that the King James is the best
translation but can be improved. He usually stumbles at Acts 12:4
and states that it is a mistranslation.
This contradiction is NOT the
result of a bad or dishonest heart so much as it is the result of
a bad education. Most Textus Receptus men have been taught by
others who have been deceived into accepting, unconsciously,
the Alexandrian Ideology.
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