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”
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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 LITTLE BOOK OF REVELATION 10: TOTAL ASSIMILATION OF THE INSPIRED MESSAGE
THE LITTLE BOOK OF REVELATION 10: TOTAL ASSIMILATION OF THE INSPIRED MESSAGE βιβλαρίδιον The identity of the “little book” in Revelation 10 can be established through five key theological and exegetical considerations: Introduction The design of this paper is to examine the interpretive background of Revelation 10 to determine the origin and nature of theContinue reading “THE LITTLE BOOK OF REVELATION 10: TOTAL ASSIMILATION OF THE INSPIRED MESSAGE”
THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF PERFECTION
The following post is an excerpt from Eschatological Grounding and is a component part of the argument for the perpetual utility of Scripture throughout the Eternal State. At the core of this discussion perfection is understood as being on a trajectory of infinite spiritual progression. This trajectory is fundamentally established on the reality that theContinue reading “THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF PERFECTION”
WHY CRITICAL SCHOLARSHIP DISDAINS THE KING JAMES BIBLE (AND FISHERMEN)
The Church gets along just fine without an intellectually intimidating Academy. The Church can easily do without being told they cannot read their Bible without some scholar or scholar wannabe’s pontification. The Church serves and pleases God without knowing a stich of Greek or Hebrew diction, syntax, or grammar. Do we really need to knowContinue reading “WHY CRITICAL SCHOLARSHIP DISDAINS THE KING JAMES BIBLE (AND FISHERMEN)”
One Lord. One Faith. One Bible?
“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 John Calvin writes in his commentary on the above passage from Ephesians, “Some consider the unity ofContinue reading “One Lord. One Faith. One Bible?”
Apographa
“copies of an original; specifically, the scribal copies of the original autographa (q.v.) of Scripture.”Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology, Term: apographa. The term apographa deserves close attention in that the documents were not merely understood to be copies of copies of copies. Still, for theContinue reading “Apographa”
What is Standard Sacred Text.com – Text
Before addressing a topic so fundamental as the doctrine of God, Francis Turretin begins his Institutes of Elenctic Theology with a discussion on the doctrine of Scripture. Turretin is writing in the third wave of the Reformation and the struggle over the certainty and authority of the Scriptures was still a hotly contested locus betweenContinue reading “What is Standard Sacred Text.com – Text”
Scripture Endures Forever
What are we as Christians to make of these passages? Are we to disregard them as oriental hyperbole, or a literary device, or a contextually limited application? Or are we to accept the clear and conspicuous, historically anchored meaning of “forever”? To reject the truth of Scripture’s “foreverness” presents the need to reinterpret the passagesContinue reading “Scripture Endures Forever”
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