I have recently finish reading ,"Unholy Hands On The Bible",by John W. Burgon. This man really set a standard in Textual Criticism that no one from his time of late 1880's untill now has ever held too or exceeded him to date. It seems that almost every one in this field today has held to Textual Criticism without THEOLOGY. It seems as though the modern idea of translation is holding to Hort,Griesbach,Lachman,Tregelles,and Tischendorfs' lust affair for codex's Aleph and B. Now this is where I insert the question,"WHY HAS THE WESTERN CHURCH STOPPED GUARDING THE SACRADE TEXT?" The Church for about 1900 years has guarded the text and remove all corrupt and pseudo books that were added to it over the centuries.Then in the late 1880's we allow ungodly men to write us a new Greek text based on known corrupt texts, codex's Aleph and B,and today we are still basing our salvation on these to corrupt authorities because they are the oldest we have. Yet this does not mean they are the best to base your salvation on. The Majority Text or the Received Text where held to be the true text for over a 1900 years. True we did not have copies of manuscripts we have today,but 99 out of a 100 manuscripts support the Majority Text and the critics still disregard this fact. The Eastern Church still uses as its New Testament manuscript for its modern Greek New Testament,the Majority Text. They still guard the sacrade New Testament to this very hour. Where is the Western Church? Why have you allowed Satan to seduce us into the Gnostic teachings of the corrupt texts of Aleph and B; and the added words not in any Greek manuscript in the name of modern style,or to make sure we poor unschooled souls understand the text. As the Western Church we need to step up and examine the so-called Bibles they are selling us. Those of us in the Seminaries need to step up to the plate and take a much closer look at what the Theology Schools are teaching us. And if it is wrong, take a stand for Christ and tell them it is wrong,even though you could be removed from the class or worse, removed from the Seminary. I'm preaching to myself as much as am preacher to You the Western Church. To learn more on Textual Criticism please check out the two volume set "UNHOLY HANDS ON THE BIBLE" at www.jesuslovesyouchristianbooks.com or at www.sgpbooks.com
