Look at two statements by Westcott (documented in Westcott, Arthur, Life and letters of Brooke Foss Westcott, New York, 1903. It is enough that there is deep, intensely deep, emotion such as the mother of the Lord may have had. (Page 183), (Hort had the same opinions. I had learnt, like other Protestant children, that the Pope was the Antichrist, and that Gregory VII had been a special revelation of that being. The quote above shows, rather, a disinterest in truth that equals that of atheism which is why atheists quote him. These men were heretics. Please The name Jehovah is a translation of the Tetragrammaton (Hebrew: , transliterated as YHWH, though the original pronunciation is unknown). In fact, their work is so badly done and so obviously against scripture, that we can dispense with them altogether and just judge what they wrote! While there, Newman sought an interview with Cardinal Wiseman, who was later to have a telling influence on the 1871-1881 revision of the King James Bible and the romanizing of the English Church. But the evangelical movement touched only a part of human interest." 148 Westcott's Mariolatry ), Vol. (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (Christian Lit. As early as 1853 they began work on their Greek text of the New Testament: this project was to occupy most of their remaining lives. Ignatius wrote special rules, and in his Rules for Thinking with the Church, he said: That we may be altogether of the same mind and in conformity if (the church) shall have defined anything to be black which to our eyes appear to be white, we ought in like manner to pronounce it to be black.. Think all this is just conspiracy theory? Answer:The Holy Scriptures must be thrown aside. He characterized these as "an insult to the Word of God", citing various verses of Genesis as examples. [77] Production of the NWT in American Sign Language began in 2006; the New Testament was made available by 2010,[78][79] and the complete ASL edition was released in February 2020. 1848 July 6th Hort: One of the things, I think, which shows the falsity of the Evangelical notion of this subject (baptism), is that it is so trim and preciseno deep spiritual truths of the Reason are thus logically harmonious and systematicthe pure Romish view seems to me nearer, and more likely to lead to, the truth than the Evangelicalthe fanaticism of the bibliolaters, among whom reading so many chapters seems exactly to correspond to the Romish superstition of telling so many dozen beads on a rosarystill we dare not forsake the Sacraments, or God will forsake usI am inclined to think that no such state as Eden (I mean the popular notion) ever existed, and that Adams fall in no degree differed from the fall of each of his descendants (Life, Vol.I, pp.76-78). But I have never discovered in the 'New World Translation' any biased intent to read something into the text that it does not contain. The translators state that, where possible in the target language, the New World Translation prefers literal renderings and does not paraphrase the original text. "[15], Cees Houtman wrote of the Dutch translation in 1984: "respect and knowledge are the requirements that a translator must meet. This, of course, makes it part of the already corrupted text and, therefore, still contains the Local Text readings. Whereas, the KJAV and its antecedents stood solidly true: it did not change simply because its sources were accurate and genuine! The English mission, a bold attempt to reclaim England for Catholicism during the reign (1558 1603) of Elizabeth I, was led by Edmund Campion and included the poet Robert Southwell. "How the Governing Body Differs From a Legal Corporation:. Thus, the Douay we now have is not the original and has been altered extensively over the past several hundred years. And what of the admission by both men that they knew next to nothing of Hebrew and Greek in any true academic sense? WE should always be reluctant to engage in ad hominem arguments, i.e. Anthony A. Hoekema, The Four Major Cults, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, William B. Eerdmans, 1963. a Virgin and dead Christ)I could not help thinking on the grandeur of the Romish Church, on her zeal even in error, on her earnestness and self-devotion, which we might, with nobler views and a purer end, strive to imitate. cit., Vol. But there are over 5,700 extant (existing) Greek manuscripts of the New Testament available. Pope Leo XIII later made him a cardinal. Modern theology was seriously affected by the so-called Enlightenment and its aftereffects, which declared that man and human reason were more important than God and divine revelation. Like Rotherham, though, it is often not smooth reading. Surely, even in the minds of strong adherents, logic must prevail? [90], In 2004, Anthony Byatt and Hal Flemings published their anthology 'Your Word is Truth', Essays in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1950, 1953). I must work out and examine the argument in more detail, but at present my feeling is strong that the theory is unanswerable. (Life, Vol.I, p.416). Certain chapters were changed to poetic format, and clarifying footnotes were added to the regular edition. Aug. 11th Westcott: I never read an account of a miracle (in Scripture?) He took a strange interest . You well know with what folds it entwines us and with what fangs it gnaws us.(The Jesuits in History, Hector Macpherson, Ozark Book Publishers, 1997, Appendix 1). The new Bible versions are not based on Erasmus Textus Receptus. Pietersma stated, "The translators felt no more bound to retain the tetragram in written form than they felt compelled to render distinctively Hebrew el, elohim or shaddai. In Britain, a different approach was taken by men who also chose to think themselves smarter than Gods Word. [40][41] Referring to the identified members, evangelical minister Walter Ralston Martin said, "The New World Bible translation committee had no known translators with recognized degrees in Greek or Hebrew exegesis or translation None of these men had any university education except Franz, who left school after two years, never completing even an undergraduate degree." Almost all the advanced Greek courses were taught by the legendary . This present book will concern itself with each of the above three items.(The Attack Intensifies, in worldincrisis.com). In 1841, he wrote this to a Roman Catholic: Only through the English Church can you act upon the English nation., (J.H. Yes it is easy to outwit most Christians with lies. Wiseman was responsible for the conversion of hundreds of English Protestants, including Prime Minister William Gladstone (1809-1898), Archbishop Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886), and John Newman (1801-1890). was sanctioned by the Southern Convocation of the Church of England, and this provided the opportunity for Westcott and Hort to introduce their radical changes. There are enough joined dots in this paper to bring this about! No matter how great a Greek scholar a man may be, or no matter how great an authority on the textual evidence, his conclusions must always be open to suspicion if he does not accept the Bible as the very Word of God (in FULLER, p.157). (Life, Vol.I, pp.240,241). "New Bible Translation Completed, Released". The Greek master text by the Cambridge University scholars B. F. Westcott and F. J. ", H.H. I have read this denial of being Christian over the years, in a variety of writings. The Jesuits merely repeat the same hatred shown by popes and Rome. (This they later circulated under pledge of secrecy within the company of N.T. In my work in a mental hospital I came across highly intelligent men who, though insane, could use and quote scripture with perfection, and were far more knowledgeable than any usual Christian. [20], A fresh translation of the New Testament, which Jehovah's Witnesses usually refer to as the Christian Greek Scriptures, was proposed in October 1946 by the president of the Watch Tower Society, Nathan H. So wild, so skeptical am I. I cannot yield.(Op. If preaching is the chief means of grace, it must emanate not from the church, but from the preacher, and besides placing him in a false position, it places him in a fearfully dangerous one. (Life, Vol.I, pp.44,45). How true the scripture If the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do Psalm 11:3. It is also known as the Westcott and Hort text, after its editors Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892). In nearly every case, Challoners change took the form APPROXIMATING to the Authorized Version (The Catholic Encyclopedia, Art., Douay Bible.). . Most of our other colleges and universities in North America have, since the early 1980s, swung into the orbit. Rome was behind many new versions even before Jerome set to work. Remember that the Revised Version was the brainchild of Westcott and Hort. But I say to you, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and abuse you., (3) AMERICAN REVISED. In spite of his biblical scholarship and links to Jesuits, there is no evidence that he was in any way converted, or even interested in Rome itself. It exhibits a vast array of sound serious learning, as I can testify. Under the direction of the Translation Services Department, translation of the Old Testament in a particular language may be completed in as little as two years. And Moses was not one of them.. [132][129] In rebuttal, Thomas Howe strongly criticized BeDuhn's positive review of the New World Translation, stating that BeDuhn's main goal is to deny the deity of Christ. "[96] He concluded, "this work indicates a great deal of effort and thought as well as considerable scholarship, it is to be regretted that religious bias was allowed to colour many passages. However, the scholars of the day all wanted Cartwright; they needed a solid answer to the Jesuits and so sent a formal request to him (Brookes Cartwright, p 260). Rowley, How Not To Translate the Bible, The Expository Times, 1953; 65; 41. 161, 167). By the time the Scofield Bible was published Hort and Westcott had been active in the occult underground for 60 years. I wish I could see to what forgotten truth Mariolatry bears witness; and how we can practically set forth the teaching of the miracles. These serious accusations are made with very strong evidence from the letters of both . Anti Christ, Bible, Christianity, Doctrine, Roman Catholic Church, 3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? After all, W&H did not believe major doctrinal teachings found in scripture (that is scripture that is the genuine word of God, NOT the Alexandrian/Roman texts). They therefore resolved to enter the field of the GREEK and become superb MASTERS OF THE GREEK. The reference edition contains the cross references and adds footnotes about translation decisions and additional appendices that provide further detail relating to certain translation decisions and doctrinal views. On the following passages from the Scriptures, we have examined The Twentieth Century, Fenton, Goodspeed, Moffatt, Moulton, Noyes, Rotherham, Weymouth, and Douay. Desperate to ward off these closing events of human history and, hopefully, to quench them entirely, Satan began turning loose on the world a flood of error, apostasy, and perversion. The complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released as a single volume in 1961,[12][13] and has since undergone various revisions. [81][82] Both editions of the New World Translation are available online in various languages and digital formats. The Jesuits, like Rome itself, hate scripture with a deep and dark satanic passion. Westcott and Hort agree upon plan of a joint revision of the text of the Greek Testament. Cartwright accepted, and immediately used his vast knowledge to glean the best from the Latin sources as well as the Greek and Hebrew. The Jesuits and Revisers accepted the mutilation. In Alexandria there were men known as the Gnostics, men that were proud of their wisdom. [141][142][143][125][144][145] These include: The New World Translation was banned in Russia in 2017,[148] after the prosecution used quotes from Wikipedia to argue that the translation is extremist and not a true Bible. This proliferating emergence of unauthorized versions is a full frontal attack launched (and sustained) against the word of God to remove itand replace it with something else. From those 50 Bibles came the Latin vulgate, written by Jerome. W P Grady said this: One of the better-known Jesuit plants of this period was Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1990). Modern Bible versions, based on a few low-quality, and even corrupt, Bible manuscripts. In 1851 Westcott was ordained an Anglican "priest" and Hort in 1856: their careers were spent mostly in academic positions rather than pastorates. has almost succeeded. Does this fact prove just how unreliable the new versions are? Nov. 4th Hort: I went down and spent a Sunday with WestcottWe came to a distinct and positive understanding about our Gk. One was to be used as a MORAL attack, the other as a PHYSICAL attack; both to RECLAIM England.. The principal object of the Rheims translators was not ONLY to circulate their doctrines through the country, but ALSO to DEPRECIATE as much as possible the English translations. May 18th Hort to Lightfoot: It sounds an arrogant thing to say, but there are very many cases in which I would not admit the competence of any one to judge a decision of mine on a textual matter, who was only an amateur, and had not some considerable experience in forming a text. (Life, Vol.I, p.425). They were responsible for replacing the Universal Text of the Authorized Version with the Local Text of Egypt and the Roman Catholic Church. Ignorant people are now saying that the Authorized King James Bible is wrong because they have believed the scholarship of these two blaspheming infidels. Here the Jesuits assembled a company of learned scholars..and from here they directed the movements of Philip 2 of Spain as he prepared a GREAT FLEET to CRUSH England and bring it back to the FEET of the POPE. Part of the story is that within one year of his exodus, over 150 clergy and laymen also crossed over to join him.(W.P. I could not comprehend how a Jesuit could be a Protestant priest or how a Protestant priest could be a Jesuit; but my [Catholic] Confessor silenced my scruples by telling me, omnia munda mundis [when in the world, be of the world], and that St. Paul became as a Jew that he might save the Jews. Only what we actually find, is that W&H were simply repeating the same textual nonsense as can be found in the earlier Jesuit Douay version! That was why it then relied on its storm-troopers, the Jesuits, to do a better job of assassination of scripture, and its leader, Ignatius was the right warped man for its success. Even the New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses can survive the scrutiny of the critics. The two major editors of these manuscripts were Westcott and Hort. They knew that MSS in Greek, of the type from which the Bible adopted by Constantine had been taken, were awaiting them manuscripts, moreover, which involved the OT as well as the New. Since 2015, a Study Edition of the New World Translation has been gradually released online starting with the books of the New Testament, based on the 2013 revision with additional reference material. Textual criticism cannot be divorced entirely from theology. [30] The committee also referred to the Novum Testamentum Graece (18th edition, 1948) and to works by Jesuit scholars Jos M. Bover (1943),[30] and Augustinus Merk (1948). Adherents to new bible versions are like this. Maurice was a dedicated Unitarian minister who had been discharged from Kings College because of his atheistic teachings, yet was appointed to the Revised Version Committee through Horts influence. For my own part, I would gladly admit to the ministry such as hold Gorhams view, much more such as hold the ordinary confused Evangelical notions (Life, Vol.I, p.148). Remember, too, that both W&H were entranced by the theories of Charles Darwin. The Occult Activities of Westcott and Hort. In 1870 the idea of a modest revision of the A.V. In so doing, I find my feeling repeatedly confirmed that this work reflects an honest endeavor to achieve an understanding of the text that is as accurate as possible. On one side, their supporters have heralded them as great men of God, having greatly advanced the search for the original Greek text. Phillip Mauro was a brilliant lawyer who was admitted to the bar of the supreme Court in April 1892. So the linguistic solution in any given case may be open to debate. Furuli added that Rowley's assessment based on his own preference for idiomatic translations ignores the NWT's stated objective of being as literal as possible. The 7 members of the N.T. Amen., (2) JESUIT VERSION OF 1582: And lead us not into temptation. A. Hort (1828-1892), the towering pioneers of the textual criticism of the Greek New Testament. Additional works consulted in preparing the New World Translation include the Armenian Version, Coptic Versions, the Latin Vulgate, Sistine and Clementine Revised Latin Texts, Textus Receptus, the Johann Jakob Griesbach's Greek text, the Emphatic Diaglott, and various papyri.[50]. "[126], In 2004, historian Jason BeDuhn examined New Testament passages in which he believed "bias is most likely to interfere with translation"[127] from nine of "the Bibles most widely in use in the English-speaking world". "[92], Regarding the New World Translation's use of English in the first volume of the New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis to Ruth, 1953), biblical scholar Harold Henry Rowley was critical of what he called "wooden literalism" and "harsh construction". This was an attempt to discover the literary forms and sources used by the writer of each book. This higher-critical approach did much to destroy the historically held views concerning the authorship of the Biblical books. As a pre-degree theology student with a well-known evangelical Bible school, I had to study Bultmann (much admired by one of the deacons in my church and one of my examiners), plus other unbelievers. 1881 Bishop Ellicott submits the Revised Version to the Southern Convocation. There are 18 other uncial (capital letters) manuscripts that have the passage in and at least 600 cursive (small letters) manuscripts that ALL contain these words. 3rd Hort: But the book which has most engaged me is Darwin. Previously, some Bible translation projects lasted twenty years or more. He contrasted it with the Catholic Vulgate which, he declared, was a true comment on the original text., Something still had to be done to undercut the influence of that holy book. These men were heretics. It was a disgust he carried on throughout his fake study of the new Greek (Alexandrian sources), and he was disgusted because of his Romanism. It bears traces of careless transcription on every page. The Westcott-Hort Greek text is very significant and its editors are highly significant to the history of textual criticism. We can find coincidences throughout life, but when there are multiple coincidences, all repeating the same things, we must start to look for a conspiracy of thought and action, for true coincidences are random by nature. Of course, their influence had also spread to English politics. And Joseph and His mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of Him., (2) JESUIT VERSION. pp. This REVISED Greek text of Westcott and Hort, the NT based largely on the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts (and from which most modern translations come) DIFFERS from the basic Textus Receptus inwait for it.5,337 places! The way was prepared for dissecting all the books of the Bible and generally assigning late dates to their writings. [99] In 1989, Kedar-Kopfstein said, "In my linguistic research in connection with the Hebrew Bible and translations, I often refer to the English edition of what is known as the 'New World Translation.' Origen became head of this school (of which he had began as a student). Look no further than the old Russian communist regime! [127] He added that "most of the differences are due to the greater accuracy of the NW as a literal, conservative translation". 19-20), Oh, the weakness of my faith compared with that of others! The Alexandrian school had no qualms about deception uttered for the greater good of a cause. They are exactly the same sources found in the Jesuit bible of 1582 and these are reproduced in the first of the cursed new versions the Revised Version! Rome began its onslaught against scripture very early on in its heretical career, by ignoring the accepted canon of Gods word and replacing it with the Alexandrian text, which was shunned by true believers from the beginning because of its heresy: Rome received the corrupted Local Text of Alexandria, Egypt, and further revised it to suit her own needs. Ed. He said, I have all but discarded them.Quoted in angelfire.com by Nicole Peoples, but no reference given). This committee is said to have comprised unnamed members of multinational background. Giving evidence of a broad command of the original language, it renders the original words into a second language understandably without deviating unnecessarily from the specific structure of the Hebrew. The foundation of our faith is the truth of Gods Word.(pbministries.org), In Antioch (Syria); where the followers of Christ were first called Christians, the true believers were making exact copies of the original manuscripts. May 17th the Revised Version is published in England, selling two million copies within four days. Trench and Newman worked closely with him in devising ways to replace the King James Bible with something they considered more appropriate. He believed the same as Origen. ), and am most anxious to provide something to replace them. 98, 99; F.J. Firth, The Holy Gospel, pp. It had the express desire to find a way to undermine the KJAV, because it alone stood between Rome and dissidents. All others were outlawed!, Those who are ignorant of the part played by Jesuits in the fall of the KJAV are destined to become their slaves, When the Counter Reformation was launched, the Jesuit order was its driving force. (See YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtUfgtgB_Is). the 33,000 official members of the Society operate all over the world in the capacity of her personnel, officers of a truly secret army containing in its ranks heads of political parties, high ranking officials, generals, magistrates, physicians, faculty professors, etc., all of them striving to bring about, in their own sphere, Opus Dei, Gods work, in reality the plans of the papacy.(Edmund Paris). Time and again Rome tries to displace the genuine Bibles (such as the Old Latin or Italic), but genuine men of God refused them. The work is excellent except when scientific knowledge comes into conflict with the accepted doctrines of the movement. It was the Christians who replaced the Tetragrammaton by Kyrios, when the divine name written in Hebrew letters was not understood any more. New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. ], Constantine, the professed Christian, who secretly worshipped the sun god, ordered Eusebius (the bishop of Caesarea) to make 50 Bibles for him. June Mr. Daniel Macmillan suggests to Hort that he should take part in an interesting and comprehensive New Testament Scheme. Hort was to edit the text in conjunction with Mr. Westcott; the latter was to be responsible for a commentary, and Lightfoot was to contribute a N.T.