The translators use the terms "Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures" and "Christian Greek Scriptures" rather than "Old Testament" and "New Testament", stating that the use of "testament" was based on a misunderstanding of 2 Corinthians 3:14. Your email address will not be published. Time and again Rome tries to displace the genuine Bibles (such as the Old Latin or Italic), but genuine men of God refused them. Referring to the new revision, the publishers stated, "There are now about 10 percent fewer English words in the translation. Most of our other colleges and universities in North America have, since the early 1980s, swung into the orbit. Then, we have this (the dots are getting closer together! Revision Company. Had I been alone I could have knelt there for hours. (Life, Vol.I, p.81). He wrote a book called Which Version in the early 1900s. 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. During the 1830s and thereafter began the invasion of. To use them to overthrow the Received Text would demand GREAT TRAINING and almost HERCULEAN labors; for the Received Text was apparently INVINCIBLE. 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. To say that new version readers who cannot see this are deceived is an understatement! Those who are pastors or theologians should consider their position before God and repent, if they use new versions, knowing that they are Romes instruments of spiritual death. [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. Once Latin became the exclusive playground of the scholars, the texts could not be checked. The edition, in two columns, is very well cared for; it includes a critical apparatus and numerous intertextual references. The single page of evidence is predominantly derived from the books published by Westcott's son and Hort's son. Even the New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses can survive the scrutiny of the critics. They are based on the Greek New Testament compiled by a couple of heretic infidel blasphemers named Westcott and Hort (you will see this when you read their own words below). Now add to this poisonous brew a Jesuit, Cardinal Carlo Montini, who was on the editorial committee of the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament so widely used today, and the Nestle Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (27 revisions). 1890 Mar. Why would the Catholics do this? (See YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtUfgtgB_Is). Rome must find a way to supplant the true gospel with another gospel. The only way to do this is to eliminate our faith in the Word of God.(From ch 7, Understandable History of the Bible, S C Gipp). 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). Translation into other languages is based on the English text, supplemented by comparison with the Hebrew and Greek. Milton was a name of horror.(J.A. Grammar and Lexicon. They were wicked, and later new version committees carried on this evil. [128][129] For each passage, he compared the Greek text with the renderings of each English translation, and looked for biased attempts to change the meaning. Raymond V. Franz, Crisis of Conscience (Atlanta: Commentary Press, 1983), p. 50. This text suited the Roman Catholic Church well, since it attacked the doctrines of the Bible. The evidences cannot be ignored! Answer:The Holy Scriptures must be thrown aside. Adherents to new bible versions are like this. 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. Horts autobiography says: .Evangelicals seem to me PERVERTED rather than untrue.I have been persuaded for many years that MARY-WORSHIP and Jesus-worship have much in common.But you know I am a STAUNCH sacerdotalist (belief in the sacraments)The popular doctrine of SUBSTITUTION is an IMMORAL and material COUNTERFEIT 1890 May 1st Westcott consecrated Bishop of Durham. Moderate but not evangelical FENTON JOHN ANTHONY HORT (1828-1892) A. Hulsean Professor of Divinity, then Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Cambridge B. Grady, Final Authority, p. 211). "[138], Julius R. Mantey stated that the KIT "changed the readings in scores of passages to state what Jehovah's Witnesses believe and teach. In the Gospels alone they disagree with each other over 3,000 times! Let it be underlined what they want to destroy is true scripture, identified as the KJAV and its reliance on authentic sources. If people influence others to sin or not to believe, then theyareto be named as devilish and condemned as traitors to Christ. 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. They were responsible for replacing the Universal Text of the Authorized Version with the Local Text of Egypt and the Roman Catholic Church. 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. The true Bible turns unlearned and ignorant men into gospel preachers and casts out all fear.. The critical version of Jerome never displaced it, and only replaced it when the Latin ceased to be a living language, and became the language of the learned. [92] According to the October 15, 1999 issue of The Watchtower, Goodspeed wrote to the Watch Tower Society in 1950 stating, "I am interested in the mission work of your people, and its world wide scope, and much pleased with the free, frank and vigorous translation. 3 Jeromes Latin Vulgate Bible contains no errors. Those who refuse to join the dots of a wide variety of facts therefore become the pawns of Rome, helping it to bring down true faith and the genuine Bible. It is even found in the paganistic occult beliefs of Hinduism! Eusebius had the choice of using the Greek manuscripts from Antioch or from Alexandria to make up the 50 Greek Bibles. It is not a direct translation from the original languages, but is made from the English text (published in 1960), although the editors claim to have faithfully consulted the original Hebrew and Greek texts. Release of that tract created a terrific stir in the nation. On this, Canon Cook says, Yet this enormous omission rests on the sole authority of and B. (That is, on the Vatican Manuscript and the one found in 1859 in a Catholic monastery. This translation, as J. Carter Swaim observes, has its peculiarities and its excellences. To attack salvation by grace directly would expose her plot to all. [The personal letters of Hort and Westcott sound like the letters of men of the Jesuit order (that is, if you know the Roman Catholic Jesuits. 1847 Jan., 2nd Sunday after Epiphany Westcott: After leaving the monastery we shaped our course to a little oratoryIt is very small, with one kneeling-place; and behind a screen was a Pieta the size of life (i.e. They were heavily involved in the counter-Reformation, and follow the occult spiritual exercises of their founder, Ignatius of Loyola. And if they are ignored, it can only be because of a deceived mind and heart. The Movement elevated Higher and Textual Critics to positions of power in the universities, so that propaganda could begin in earnest. It is very small, with one kneeling-place, and behind a screen was a Pieta the size of life (i.e. [87], In 1982, Pentecostal theologian Gordon Fee and Douglas K. Stuart in their How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth refer to the New World Translation without a critical examination or discussion as being an "extremely literal translation" filled with "heretical doctrines". Vital texts were deliberately left out of the Vaticanus texts that could not support Romes teaching and claims, e.g. "Stand Complete and With Firm ConvictionThe New World Translation Appreciated by Millions Worldwide". The Emancipation Act of 1829 made it legal for Roman Catholics to become elected to parliament. Dodd: "The reason why [the Word was a god] is unacceptable is that it runs counter to the current of Johannine thought, and indeed of Christian thought as a whole. Let me put it this way The letter A remains the letter A no matter how many times it is reproduced. So wild, so skeptical am I. I cannot yield.(Op. They included essays responding to criticism of the New World Translation from non-Witnesses, and a bibliography of reviews of the work. (1) KING JAMES BIBLE OF 1611. Trained at Cambridge University in classical Greek and Latin B. Voluminous writer C. Evangelical II. There were four key resolutions, adopted at the Council of Trent, which focused on papal authority as above that of Holy Scripture. Aug. 11th Westcott: I never read an account of a miracle (in Scripture?) What matters is that Tischendorf is behind an attempt to dismantle and finally destroy Christian beliefs, by firstly destroying faith in Gods word. ; it is a blessing there are such early ones (Life, Vol.I, p.211). "[113][114], In 1961 F. F. Bruce stated: "some of its distinctive renderings reflect the biblical interpretations which we have come to associate with Jehovah's Witnesses (e. g. 'the Word was a god" in John 1:1)". At some points it is actually dishonest. [19] Additionally, over the centuries since the King James Version was produced, more copies of earlier manuscripts of the original texts in the Hebrew and Greek languages have become available. The goal of the Translation Services Department was to accelerate Bible translation with the aid of computer technology. Rowley, How Not To Translate the Bible, The Expository Times, 1953; 65; 41. Previously, some Bible translation projects lasted twenty years or more. Upon his return to England, on July 9, 1833, the Oxford Movement began. The Witnesses, who are enthusiastic in the spread of their tenets, regard this as one of their most effective devices". [12][13], It is not the first Bible to be published by the Watch Tower Society, but it is its first original translation of ancient Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, and Old Aramaic biblical texts. In other words, when everyone spoke Latin the new versions of Rome could not gather momentum. I mean, a text, issued by men already known for what will undoubtedly be treated as dangerous heresy, will have great difficulties in finding its way to regions which it might otherwise hope to reach, and whence it would not be easily banished by subsequent alarms. (Life, Vol.I, p.445). But deliver us from evil. In essence, then, modern versions are Romanist. THE modern Bible we have selected to compare with the Jesuit Bible of 1582, is the Revised Version. 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). July 31st Hort: I spoke of the gloomy prospect, should the Evangelicals carry on their present victory so as to alter the Services. (Life, Vol.I, p.160). This is the reason why the liberals in our own denomination have been able to make such rapid inroads! I urge all readers to abandon EVERY modern version and to return to the KJV. This committee is said to have comprised unnamed members of multinational background. "[98], In 1981, biblical scholar Benjamin Kedar-Kopfstein stated that the Old Testament work is largely based on the formal structure of biblical Hebrew. As a youngster he was known to be treacherous, brutal and vindictive. But I have never discovered in the 'New World Translation' any biased intent to read something into the text that it does not contain. Grady, Final Authority, p. 210). 77-78). Most do not realize that in the middle 1800s the Catholic Church in England made HUGE gains. [The personal letters of Hort and Westcott sound like the letters of men of the Jesuit order (that is, if you know the Roman Catholic Jesuits. The following quote is by Hort: Hort, Arthur Fenton, Life and Letters of Fenton John Hort, New York, 1896, Vol 1, p81. For atheists, as if to lend Tischendorf some kind of respectability, they refer to him as a brilliant and pious German biblical scholar! 3rd Hort: But the book which has most engaged me is Darwin. I read that it was published by the World Council of Churchs which is led by the Catholics, and I saw corrupted verses, such as Mary being called a young woman instead of virgin. 1856 Feb. ? It is indicated that they provide a bridge between apostate Christianity and the occult and the New Age Movement. Oct. first of Dean Burgons three articles in the Quarterly Review against the Revised Version appears. Both Westcott and Hort loved Rome and Mary. Aug. ? That atheists liked the work of Tischendorf merely strengthens the revulsion we should all have towards his work, and the work of Higher Critics and Textual Critics (such as W&H). Which brings us full circle back to Alexandria and heretical sources joining the previous dots to the man known as a turncoat, Newman: Newman was able to accomplish so much, so rapidly, because he and his associates had gained control of the teaching faculty at Oxford University! [149] This decision was questioned by international observers, and even by Alexander Dvorkin, who had previously asked for the Jehovah's Witnesses' organization to be banned.[150][151]. 18th-century philosophers and theologians, especially in Germany and France, carried that concept further. It was in this climate that Dr. Westcott and Dr. Hort appeared on the scene.. 1858 Oct. 21st Further I agree with them in condemning many leading specific doctrines of the popular theology as, to say the least, containing much superstition and immorality of a very pernmicious kindThe positive doctrines even of the Evangelicals seem to me perverted rather than untrueThere are, I fear, still more serious differences between us on the subject of authority, and especially the authority of the Bible (Life, Vol.I, p.400). (See The Jesuit Oath, BTM Publications List, to understand unvarnished Jesuitism). It exhibits a vast array of sound serious learning, as I can testify. [73] In 2004, the NWT was released on compact disc in MP3 format in major languages. Scripture and religious beliefs tend to come to light in notes and introductions to translations. Edgar J. Goodspeed, translator of the New Testament in An American Translation, positively criticized the New World translation. Helvidius had authentic manuscripts, the genuine post-apostolic copies taken directly from the originals. These three men deeply affected later theological thought, down to our own time. Not only do we need to examine W & H's theological positions, but it is also important that we examine the crowd they hung around with. What we are giving is not a blatantad hominemattack on the new version writers for the fun of it, or out of chagrine, but a blunt warning that such men ARE to be opposed, because of their unbelieving stance, atheism, and antagonism to the genuine word of God. (Brookes Cartwright, p. 256, quoted in The New Testament Translation, the Jesuit Counter-Attack bible, referencing the Jesuit Bible of 1582). The 2013 release indicates progressive verbs only where considered contextually important. Hort was deeply influenced, too, by an Unitarian minister and Unitarians are just atheists in disguise: Frederick Maurice was a close friend of Horts, who Hort said deeply influenced me (ibid., p. 155). Every statement of language allows for a certain latitude in interpreting or translating. By this time, German higher criticism was beginning to invade England, and many Anglican clergymen were being attracted to it. And this simple fact should warn all who use the new versions that something bad is afoot, for anything Rome does is always for its own ends, and for the destruction of Protestant truth, as found in scripture. 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. This was an attempt to discover the literary forms and sources used by the writer of each book. Both the Vaticanus and the Sinaiticus LEAVE OUT the last 12 verses of Mark. There is some hope that alternative readings might find a place in the margin. (Life, Vol.I, p.390). Westcott and Hort were Jesuits to their darkest core. 1851 Dec. 29,30th Hort: I had no idea till the last few weeks of the importance of texts, having read so little Greek Testament, and dragged on with the villainous Textus Receptus. It has been noted that Sinaiticus is a literary mess (scionofzion.com): There are mistakes, erasures, sentences written on top of other sentences plus many words are omitted. So, they began making changes to Bible manuscripts, because, after all, they were so wise. The pronoun "you" was printed in small capitals (i.e., YOU) to indicate plurality, as were some verbs when plurality may be unclear. But, on the whole, it offers a reliable vision of the Word of God, which can lead men to the New World, that is, to the Messianic Kingdom". Amen., (2) JESUIT VERSION OF 1582: And lead us not into temptation. The two great obstacles which stood in the way of Catholicisms invading the mental defenses of English Protestantism were these: The Thirty-Nine Articles and the King James Version of the Bible. Few graduate from those worldly institutions who do not accept it. We must believe it because we are told to believe it, and not because it is true! At length however Dr. Smith remained on the Committee). Rome loves the fact that new versions use the Vaticanus and the later Sinaiticus, because both these sources are corrupt but Roman, taking people away from Reformation truths. Let us examine what Westcott and Hort actually believed. Beza was a humble man and politely wrote back that Elizabeth had a far more able scholar than himself, in England itself. 1, p. 92 [November 7, 1847]. W P Grady said this: One of the better-known Jesuit plants of this period was Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1990). It is necessary that those handling the inspired word of God themselves be spiritual men. 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. 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! How very different from the open and honest work of the KJAV translators! This higher-critical approach did much to destroy the historically held views concerning the authorship of the Biblical books. [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. pp.251,252). Of course, their influence had also spread to English politics. Look no further than the old Russian communist regime! "[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. Westcott and Hort were responsible for the greatest feat in textual criticism. [91], George D. Chryssides stated in 2019 that the unfavourable criticisms by Harold Henry Rowley, Julius R. Mantey and William Barclay "were extremely vague", but that Bruce M. Metzger "mentioned a few specific passages which he believed were wrongly translated. 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. The evidence is distilled down into a single page, which is broken up into the following categories: 1) What they did. His idea became the foundation of documentary hypothesis. [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). So, we can expect new versions to adopt the same attitude in order to destroy the KJAV it goes way back to their source: He [the Christian] both thinks and speaks the truth; except when consideration is necessary, and then, as a physician for the good of his patient, he will be false, or utter a falsehood . He is generally regarded as the founder of Old Testament criticism. (Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, p. 476). Here are a few of these things; each one either began or alarmed a resurgent attack on the Bible in the 19th century: German higher criticism, a basic attack on the integrity of the Bible. There they founded schools to train English youth and send them back to England as priests..The most prominent of these colleges, called seminaries, was at RHEIMS, France. They were quietly taking orders from the Vatican. And God said: "Let there be light." [28][53] Headings were included at the top of each page to assist in locating texts; these have been replaced in the 2013 revision by an "Outline of Contents" introducing each Bible book. The Oxford Movement, one that we see is of Roman/Jesuit origin, corrupted the Anglican church by teaching its future priests in the ways of Rome. Later, as a soldier, he was crippled by a wound and so entered into more spiritual activities. From 1662 to 1678, he was a member of the French Oratory. 1, p. 94 [November 11, 1847]. Both believed that Heaven existed only in the mind of man. Zelensky Warns Conflict with Russia Could Last Hundreds of Years?? 1851 Dec. 21st Westcott ordained priest in Church of England. [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.' Westcott (12 January 1825 - 27 July 1901) and Hort (23 April 1828 . It led the way and laid the basis for all Modern Speech Bibles to secure a large place. The Authorized Version of the Bible is the precepts of a mighty nationwhose King is the LORD. Also bear in mind that Rome never claims to be Christian as such, but prefers to be called by its title, Roman Catholicism. Feb. 10th Southern Convocation of Church of England resolve on desirability of revision of A.V. Answer Brooke Westcott and Fenton Hort were 19th-century theologians and Bible scholars. One need only read the letters between these two "gentlemen" to see their thoroughly black-hearted correspondence and intent to confuse and change God's Word. 2 The Apocryphal books are equal to the canonical ones. [54] According to the Watch Tower Society, the Tetragrammaton appears in "the oldest fragments of the Greek Septuagint". cit., Vol. He gave the name of Thomas Cartwright, Puritan divine, saying thatThe sun does not shine on a greater scholar than Cartwright.. THE EVIDENCE IS AT LEAST 618 TO 2!. practically a sine qua non for co-operation, I fear I could not join you, even if you were willing to forget your fears about the origin of the Gospels. (Life, Vol. The Authorized Version of the Bible is the precepts of a mighty nation, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtUfgtgB_Is, http://www.vaticanassassins.org/highly-recommended-chris-pintos-superb-video-the-untold-history-of-the-bible/, http://www.cobourgatheist.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1210:how-the-bible-was-written-and-is-a-forgery&catid=25:the-bible&Itemid=107, http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/quote-t.htm, Putins War Spoils Zelenskys Dream; Lithuania Opposes Ukraine entry into NATO, Russia Launches Massive Air, Land and Sea Attacks on Ukraine. [105], Allen Wikgren (member of the New Revised Standard Version committee, as well as the committee which produced the USB Greek text) said in 1952, "independent readings of merit often occur in other modern speech versions, such as Verkyl's New Testament (1945) and the Jehovah's Witnesses' edition of the New Testament (1950)". After years of spreading pro-Vatican propaganda within the Church of England, the Oxford professor [Newman] finally jumped ship and returned to Rome where he was given a cardinals hat in 1879. 1828 Apr. In this book, she alleges that Westcott and Hort were practitioners of the occult. cit., Vol. ), Vol. But, she wanted someone to fight against the Jesuits and wrote to Beza, co-worker with Calvin, to see if he would take up the challenge. The Occult Activities of Westcott and Hort. Later, in the 19thcentury, guess what?

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