L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 449-451. Whoever ranks himself as a disciple of Christ must receive his testimony on the canon, as on every other subject. But we go farther thanContinue reading “GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ON THE TOPIC OF CANONICITY”
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DEFINITION OF CANON: WHAT IS INSPIRED
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 17-18. The term Canon, as employed in this sense, is traced back to a remote antiquity. In Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, the words קָנֶה (qaneh), kannh,Continue reading “DEFINITION OF CANON: WHAT IS INSPIRED”
THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE CANON OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 445-447. [It is important to note that in every instance Christ, by citing the extant copies of the Old Testament (apographa), Divinely authenticates the current 1stContinue reading “THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE CANON OF HOLY SCRIPTURE”
L. Gaussen’s Preface to “The Canon of Holy Scripture” (1863)
PREFACE In publishing this work, I am actuated by the threefold consideration— of the real importance of the subject, of its being accessible to every class of readers, and of the very luminous aspect it presents when closely studied. It is only obscure at a distance; and if to some persons it seems beset withContinue reading “L. Gaussen’s Preface to “The Canon of Holy Scripture” (1863)”
The Life and Times of William Tyndal: Angel of the Reformation
By L. Gaussen See at the same time Tyndal, in England, fleeing from his native country never to return, concealing himself first in one city and then in another on the banks of the Rhine, from his persecutors, till at last he was enabled, according to his heart’s desire, to give to the English, inContinue reading “The Life and Times of William Tyndal: Angel of the Reformation”
The “Infinite in the Finite”
Guesssen concludes his volume extolling the eschatological wonder of Holy Scripture. He speaks of the Bible as a “germ of God” that once for the saint once admitted “to the Jerusalem that is from above, under the bright effilgence of the Sun of Righteouness, he will see beaming in those words of wisdom, on theirContinue reading “The “Infinite in the Finite””
The Believer’s Natural and Expected Response to Scripture
This excerpt is Gaussen’s personal testimony describing the change that took place in his life and the life of the Apostle Paul when “Divine grace revealed to us that doctrine of the righteousness of faith.” It was then that “every word became light, harmony, and life.” The uniting of Spirit, Word, and believer is notContinue reading “The Believer’s Natural and Expected Response to Scripture”
A Mid-19th c. Defense of the Traditional Inclusion of 1 John 5:7
Gaussen compares the traditional inclusion of 1 John 5:7 with the corruption by deletion of Griesdach’s text omitting “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one; and there are three that bear witness.” In summary, Gaussen makes the following points for inclusion: The grammatical form “the principle ofContinue reading “A Mid-19th c. Defense of the Traditional Inclusion of 1 John 5:7”
The “Wonderful” Insignificance of Modern Text Criticism
Gaussen, Divine Inspiration of the Bible, 1841, p. 168. Of 19th c. text critical work he notes that “this immense toil has ended in a result wonderful by its insignificance, and (shall I say?) imposing by its nullity.” And this “wonderful” insignificance and “imposing” nothingness or absence of efficacy is perpetually raised by critics ofContinue reading “The “Wonderful” Insignificance of Modern Text Criticism”
“As it teaches us all the rest”
Gaussen hits head on what we call “theological schizophrenia” or believing the Bible regarding redemptive themes while disbelieving what the Bible says about itself. We should believe what the Bible says about itself “as it teaches us all the rest.” The modern Evangelical church has foolishly carved out a section of orthodox theology, exegetically basedContinue reading ““As it teaches us all the rest””
