There is nothing exegetically or theologically prohibitive to believing in a standard sacred text. The Bible no where contemns such a belief. There is no distinctively Christian authoritative ground upon which to stand to claim that belief in a standard sacred text of Scripture for the English-speaking believing community is wrong, evil, against Scripture, orContinue reading “Needed Ecclesiastical Stability and the Standard Sacred Text Position”
Author Archives: Peter Van Kleeck Jr. Ph.D.
Paul vs. Socrates
We agree with out opponents that the New Testament has far more manuscripts and far more complete manuscripts attesting to it than any other book of antiquity. We are told that it is an “embarrassment of riches.” The conclusion our interlocutors often draw from this truth looks something like, “If we trust that we haveContinue reading “Paul vs. Socrates”
Break Time: Where’s the Memes?
The following memes come from Textus Receptus Memes for Bible Believers. I have curated several for your viewing pleasure.
But What of the Words That Agree w/ the Original?
As we continue our discussion regarding those things in which both we and our interlocutors agree, we come now to the agreement that no two Greek manuscripts agree at every point. Put simply, they are all different. Usually our interlocutors follow this observation up with something like, “See, God did not preserve every jot andContinue reading “But What of the Words That Agree w/ the Original?”
Preservation and Collation: The Version Debate (Part 3)
In this episode of Warrior Theology Podcast Dr.’s Van Kleeck discuss preservation and collation as central elements within the version debate. As with all meaningful discussions, it is necessary to enumerate and properly define the terms in question so that the conversation can carry on in a helpful and fruitful path. To that end weContinue reading “Preservation and Collation: The Version Debate (Part 3)”
Copies, Copies Everywhere
Having established certain points of agreement between our position and that of the opposition here and here, we turn now to a discussion of the following: “Given the absence of the original documents all that we have at our disposal are copies. Indeed, in most cases we have copies of copies or copies of copiesContinue reading “Copies, Copies Everywhere”
Is the Meaning of Original, Original?
Continuing our treatment of the places where we agree with out opposing interlocutors, we now come to certain crucial nuances between our two positions. To reiterate, we agree “that the original documents written at the hand of Moses or David or Paul or John have been lost to the attrition of time and use.” https://standardsacredtext.com/2022/04/01/places-where-we-agree-with-our-opposing-interlocutors-part-1/Continue reading “Is the Meaning of Original, Original?”
Places Where We Agree: The Need For Nuance (Part 2)
NUANCE Noun 1. a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression or sound. We don’t live in a world of nuance. We live in a world of extremes. Political punditry on the evening news boils down to “Those conservatives are bigots” or “Those liberals are insane.” You have to either be for Ukraine orContinue reading “Places Where We Agree: The Need For Nuance (Part 2)”
Places Where We Agree with Our Opposing Interlocutors (Part 1)
For the next couple days I wanted to write concerning the places wherein we agree with our opposing interlocutors. For this series “opposing interlocutor” means those of the Critical Text persuasion and its translational cousin Multiple Versions Only-ism. The reason for marking where we agree is two-fold: 1.) It is important for those who wouldContinue reading “Places Where We Agree with Our Opposing Interlocutors (Part 1)”
Old Hymns and Old Bibles
I came across this tweet before I came across the one from yesterday’s post. Let me give the tweet and then we’ll makes come comments. So of course we have a kind of retweet here. Elisabeth Elliot, wife of martyred missionary Jim Elliot, is being quoted by Pastor Castleberry. And is my want to doContinue reading “Old Hymns and Old Bibles”
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