Chapter 8: Westcott and Hort Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1903) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892) have been highly controversial figures in biblical history. . As I have suggested elsewhere, the monks wanted to burn the supposed Sinaiticus because it was such a bad manuscript! The committee agreed to turn over its translation to the Society for publication[26] and on September 3, 1949, Knorr convened a joint meeting of the board of directors of both the Watch Tower Society's New York and Pennsylvania corporations where he again announced to the directors the existence of the committee[27] and that it was now able to print its new modern English translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. [73] In 2004, the NWT was released on compact disc in MP3 format in major languages. Jude 1:3 earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. Cartwright accepted, and immediately used his vast knowledge to glean the best from the Latin sources as well as the Greek and Hebrew. Certain chapters were changed to poetic format, and clarifying footnotes were added to the regular edition. The remaining 3-5% that disagree with the majority of manuscripts. (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (Christian Lit. Feb. 10th Southern Convocation of Church of England resolve on desirability of revision of A.V. In 1851 Westcott was ordained an Anglican "priest" and Hort in 1856: their careers were spent mostly in academic positions rather than pastorates. You may ask, Would not a weakening of the place of Jesus Christ weaken the Roman Catholic Churchs reason for even existing? The answer is No. The Roman Catholic Church does not even claim to represent the gospel of Jesus Christ. Rowley concluded, "From beginning to end this [first] volume is a shining example of how the Bible should not be translated. 1856 Feb. ? 19th Hort: He (Westcott) and I are going to edit a Greek text of the New Testament some two or three years hence, if possible. (Life, Vol.I, p.250). [14] Although commentators have said a scholarly effort went into the translation, critics have described it as "biased". 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. The new versions are all foul, for they take us away from truth and genuine sources of truth, to the winding and rocky paths of Roman Catholic lies, and towards atheism and paganism. 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 phrase bless them that curse you is omitted from both the Revised and the Jesuit. "[138], Julius R. Mantey stated that the KIT "changed the readings in scores of passages to state what Jehovah's Witnesses believe and teach. The way was prepared for dissecting all the books of the Bible and generally assigning late dates to their writings. In this book, she alleges that Westcott and Hort were practitioners of the occult. 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. 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. [80], In 1992, a digital edition of the New World Translation of the Holy ScripturesWith References was released on floppy disk. Hort and Wescott and the Scofield Bible - Historicist.com The In 184 to 254 he corrupted Bible manuscripts. cit., Vol. Chick.com: Westcott and Hort - part 3 As has already been established, both Drs. "[108] Metzger said there were a number of "indefensible" characteristics of the translation, including its use of "Jehovah" in the New Testament. If not, why not? ", H.H. But, then along came Luther, who fanned the flames of the Reformation! Warfield is here saying something important for those who want to know the origin of the new versions. [115], In his review in Andover Newton Quarterly Robert M. McCoy reported in 1963: "in not a few instances the New World Translation contains passages which must be considered as 'theological translations.' The Alexandrian school had no qualms about deception uttered for the greater good of a cause. They therefore resolved to enter the field of the GREEK and become superb MASTERS OF THE GREEK. "[122], According to the February 1, 1998 issue of The Watchtower, Jason BeDuhn ordered copies of the KIT for his students at Indiana University Bloomington, and wrote that "it is the best interlinear New Testament available".[139][140]. 19-20), Oh, the weakness of my faith compared with that of others! And His father and mother were marvelling upon those things which were spoken concerning Him., (3) AMERICAN REVISED;And His father and His mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning Him.. 1, p.416). Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) was born at Birmingham and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892) at Dublin. There is also an index listing scriptures by subject. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you.. Westcott and Hort were Jesuits to their darkest core. [18] The stated intention was to produce a fresh translation, free of archaisms. And Moses was not one of them.. Anthony A. Hoekema, The Four Major Cults, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Seventh-day Adventism, William B. Eerdmans, 1963. The quote is from a letter to Westcott on 17th October, 1865), I have been persuaded for many years that Mary-worship and Jesus worship have very much in common in their causes and results.. (Watchtower May 1, 2008 pp. "New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures", Watchtower October 1st, 1960 p. 601 para. Let it be underlined what they want to destroy is true scripture, identified as the KJAV and its reliance on authentic sources. [109], J. Carter Swaim in 1953 wrote that "objection is sometimes made to new translations on the ground that to abolish archaic phrases tends to cheapen the Scripture". Then there was light. Amen., (2) JESUIT VERSION OF 1582:And lead us not into temptation. This was done with a 14 year training that left them totally submissive to the pope and devoted to the destruction of Protestants and truth. There were four key resolutions, adopted at the Council of Trent, which focused on papal authority as above that of Holy Scripture. has almost succeeded. They formed a school of religion and philosophy, which became the center of Christian learning and culture. They didnt believe in heaven or hell or that the Bible was the Word of God. Does this not warn you strongly against W&H and all the new versions? Hort, A.F., Life and Letters of Fenton J.A. 305-314, How the Bible Came to Us, Appendix A3 of 2013 REVISION, A Literal Translation of the New Testament From the Text of the Vatican Manuscript, The Complete New World Translation of the Bible Is Available in ASL, "Online Bible-Jehovah's Witnesses: jw.org", JW.org, "New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)", "Russia Bans Jehovah's Witnesses' Translation Of Bible", " : ", "The Translation of in the New World Translation", "Deutsche Bibelbersetzungen; Das gegenwrtige Angebot Information und Bewertung, erweiterte Neuausgabe", "Die Stammbildung qel als bersetzungsproblem", "Jehovah's Witnesses and Their New Testament", "Book Review: New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures", "Burning Scripture with Passion: A Review of The Psalms (The Passion Translation)", "Review of New World Bible Translation Committee's The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures&oldid=1150431469, Diagrammatic representation of textual basis, the use of "torture stake" instead of "cross" as the, the use of the indefinite article ("a") in its rendering of. [59][60] The use of Jehovah in the New Testament is very rare, but not unique to the New World Translation. FROM THEIR OWN MOUTHSA selection of statements revealing the attitudes of these two most noted textual critics of the 19 Century. In essence, then, modern versions are Romanist. In this context, one should also note, for example, that Remonstrants and Mennonites were able to use the SV [(Statenvertaling)]. Do not be disillusioned Rome was 100% behind the attack on the KJAV: The Catholic most responsible for directing Protestant aggression against the Authorized Version was Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman (1802-1865). Since 1994, the New World Translation of the Holy ScripturesWith References has been included in the Watchtower Library on CD-ROM. These serious accusations are made with very strong evidence from the letters of both . Both Wescott and Hort were known to have resented the pre-eminence given to the Authorized Version and its underlying Greek Text. But lets give a explanation of who Westcott and Hort were, then go into Wescott's and Hort's Greek translation of the Bible and how Hort and Westcott persuaded scholars of the Revision Committee to switch to the corrupted Alexandrian text for the new version they were working on. 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. How can they, when the very bibles they use are from the clawed hands of Jesuits and Rome? And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. From 1662 to 1678, he was a member of the French Oratory. . 3rd Hort: But the book which has most engaged me is Darwin. Revision Company. 1, p. 52 [August 31, 1847]. I would repeat what many Protestants now do not accept that new versions are satanic in origin, aim and content. Not only this, but: The Rheims-Douay and the King James Version were published LESS than THIRTY years apart..The Rheims-Douay has been REPEATEDLY changed to APPROXIMATE the King James. [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). for private distribution only. Westcott and Hort - Wikipedia "[97], In 1960, Frederick William Danker wrote, "not to be snubbed is the New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Rendered from the Original by the New World Translation Committee 'the orthodox' do not possess all the truth, yet one does well to 'test the spirits'. "[123], Theologian William Barclay concluded, "the deliberate distortion of truth by this sect is seen in the New Testament translation. Answer:He is the Vicar of Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and there is but one Judgment-Seat belonging to God and the Pope.. (Life of Hort by his son, Vol. http://www.christiandoctrine.com/christian-doctrine/the-bible/1202-jesuits-others-and-new-bible-versions, Looking for news worthy topics, in both the Politcal, Social, and The Religious arenas. Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults Revised, Updated, and Expanded Anniversary Edition, Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1997, p. 125. ], Constantine, the professed Christian, who secretly worshipped the sun god, ordered Eusebius (the bishop of Caesarea) to make 50 Bibles for him. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. They did it not so much by violence (though they were good at it), but by secret means, slipping into positions of authority and power so as to influence everyone else. (This they later circulated under pledge of secrecy within the company of N.T. Amen., (3) AMERICAN REVISED VERSION OF 1901:And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.. But the publication of the Scofield Bible resurrected the old Jesuit futurism with a Zionist twist.Today the policies of our country are dramatically influenced by futurism and Christian Zionism while few have even heard of historicism. [65][66] The regular edition includes several appendices containing arguments for various translation decisions, maps, diagrams and other information; and over 125,000 cross references. [8][9] The New Testament portion was released first, in 1950, as The New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures,[10][11] with the complete New World Translation of the Bible released in 1961. Only this version would reflect the exact content of the Scriptures in the original languages, because 'The Bible is the Word of God as long as it is well translated'. So it is probably elsewhere.. [133], In 2008, Kenneth J. Baumgarten and Kevin Gary Smith published an article in the South African Theological Seminary's journal, Conspectus, entitled, "An Examination of the Consistency of the New World Translation with the Stated Philosophy of the Translators", in which they studied the use of "the Greek term in reference to Jesus Christ" and concluded that "in seven of the nine sample texts, the NWT violates one or more of its stated translation values and principles. 1860 May 1st Hort to Lightfoot: If you make a decided conviction of the absolute infallibility of the N.T. [When other early church fathers (bishops) were condemning Origen, Eusebius praised him in his book ecclesiastic history. They used corrupt sources calling it new Greek! This means that W&H, influenced heavily by Tischendorf, who was himself led by a corrupt document (Vaticanus) and a bad forgery (Sinaiticus), and all three edited by a Jesuit cardinal, formed the basis for those modern versions you may now be harbouring in your hand, heart, house, church or Bible school! 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). Is this not also a reason to hear the alarm bells that can be heard by all who love the Lord, not Rome? The New World Translation attempts to indicate progressive rather than completed actions, such as "proceeded to rest" at Genesis 2:2 instead of "rested". ), I dare not communicate to you my own wild doubts at times . I, p.420). Some want you to think there is little difference between the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts and the rest of the over 5,000 Greek manuscripts, even Hort wanted people to believe that, and tried to say so in certain words, that some still quote today, BUT the TRUTH OF THE MATTER is CLEAR TO SEE for the scholars who will open their eyes to see the PLAIN truth., We need to note here that Dr.Hort, while a life-long opponent of the Received Text, and the man who dominated the English NT Revision Committee, did say this: An OVERWHELMING proportion of the text in all known cursive manuscripts except a few is, as a matter of fact, IDENTICAL (Horts Introduction, p.143). }, What a wild storm of unbelief seems to have seized my whole system.(Op. This is called textual criticism. A Milestone for Lovers of God's Word (Watchtower October 15, 1999 pp. and the details thereof. 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). The face of the virgin is unspeakably beautiful. 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). [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). The above information is enough to make any thinking Christian cringe at the audacity of W&H, Jesuits, and all who have insinuated their foul heresies into the churches. On one side, their supporters have heralded them as great men of God, having greatly advanced the search for the original Greek text. 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). I. BROOKE FOSS WESTCOTT (1825-1901) A. 1858 Oct. 21st Hort: The principle literary work of these years was the revision of the Greek Text of the New Testament. 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! but I seem instinctively to feel its improbability, and discover some want of evidence in the account of it. (Life, Vol.I, p.52). Westcott and Hort were Jesuits to their darkest core. Westcott and Hort Were Pro-Catholic! - Jesus-is-Savior.com 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). 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. Some key Biblical terms were revised. Mar. While working on the RV, Westcott and Hort covertly produced their radical Greek text. He concluded that the Gospel records are nothing more than a collection of myths which portrayed truths about mans existence rather than telling about actual historical events. In order to understand the New Testament, according to Bultmann, it is necessary to demythologize them. (worldincrisis). "[62] However, the translators of the New World Translation believed that the name Jehovah was present in the original manuscripts of the New Testament when quoting from the Old Testament, but replaced with the other terms by later copyists. 4 Only the Roman Catholic clergy have the right to interpret the Scriptures.. 2 The Apocryphal books are equal to the canonical ones. 1865 Sept. 27th Westcott: I have been trying to recall my impressions of La Salette (a marian shrine). It is indicated that they provide a bridge between apostate Christianity and the occult and the New Age Movement. THE WESTCOTT & HORT CONSPIRACY - nccg.org The King James Bible was scornfully referred to by the Catholics as the Protestants paper pope. The Jesuits well-knew that it was that book which was the center of the strength and religious life of the British people.(worldincrisis). The 2013 release indicates progressive verbs only where considered contextually important. Of course, their influence had also spread to English politics. [137], Thomas Nelson Winter considered the Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures to be a "highly useful aid toward the mastery of koine (and classical) Greek," adding that the translation "is thoroughly up-to-date and consistently accurate. Westcott had formed a secret club called "Hermes," noted for aggressive homosexual activities between its members. At others it is neither modern nor scholarly. It is briefly this, that in an early time some doctrine is proposed in a simple or obscure form, or even but darkly hinted at, which in succeeding ages,as the wants of mens minds grow, grows with them in fact, that Christianity is always progressive in its principles and doctrines (Life, Vol.I, p.78). Helvidius had authentic manuscripts, the genuine post-apostolic copies taken directly from the originals. The phrase bless them that curse you is omitted from both the Revised and the Jesuit. This present book will concern itself with each of the above three items.(The Attack Intensifies, in worldincrisis.com). Westcott and Hort's radical beliefs and deceptions are widely documented from their own material and their own words. Oct. 17th Hort: I have been persuaded for many years that Mary-worship and Jesus-worship have very much in common in their causes and their results. (Life, Vol.II, p.50). Rome was behind many new versions even before Jerome set to work. First efforts to secure revision of the Authorised Version by five Church of England clergymen. not very long after that time, especially in Mormonism . For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. According to the publishers, better manuscript evidence had made it possible to determine with greater accuracy what the original writers intended, particularly in more obscure passages, allowing linguists to better understand certain aspects of the original languages. Queen Elizabeth 1stloathed Catholics, but also disliked Puritans. Satan knoweth that he hath but a short time. Let us examine what Westcott and Hort actually believed. Westcott and Hort were responsible for the greatest feat in textual criticism. [48] As of April 2020, the 2013 edition of the New World Translation has been translated into 31 languages. 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. He took a strange interest . Members of the society taught the sons of leading families and served as spiritual advisors to kings.(mb-soft.com). The Differentiator (June 1959), cited in Ian Croft, "The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures: Does It Really Have the Support of Greek Scholars? There is some hope that alternative readings might find a place in the margin. (Life, Vol.I, p.390). The margin wiil give ample scope for our own ingenuity or principlesmy wish would be to leave the popular received text except where it is clearly wrong. (Life, Vol.I, pp.228,229). "The Compact DiscWhat Is It All About? It was in this climate that Dr. Westcott and Dr. Hort appeared on the scene.. Look at two statements by Westcott (documented in Westcott, Arthur, Life and letters of Brooke Foss Westcott, New York, 1903. They were using the Jesuitic method adapted by Ignatius Loyola from an earlier baptized pagan, Clement of Alexandria (about A.D. 200). [86], In its review of Bible translations released from 1955 to 1985, The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary listed the New World Translation among the major modern translations. Aug. 11th Westcott: I never read an account of a miracle (in Scripture?) This paper is not about the Jesuits as a whole, but shows that the Jesuits have their part to play in promoting the new bible versions, because they literally hate genuine Protestantism and the Bible they follow (KJAV). It also incorporates the Greek text published by Westcott and Hort in The New Testament in the Original Greek and a literal word-for-word translation.[68][69][70]. Thus, the church (Rome) is the final authority, not Christ or Gods word. Oct. first of Dean Burgons three articles in the Quarterly Review against the Revised Version appears. 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. Grady, Final Authority, p. 210). Once they gained the trust of the already cautious Christians, they betrayed them to the atheistic authorities. Westcott, A., Life and Letters of Brooke Foss Westcott, MacMillan and Co., London, 1903, vols. Nov., Advent Sunday Westcott: All stigmatise him (a Dr. Hampden) as a heretic,I thought myself that he was grievously in error, but yesterday I read over the selections from his writings which his adversaries make, and in them I found systematically expressed the very strains of thought which I have been endeavouring to trace out for the last two or three years. This Greek New Testament was the basis for the Revised Version of that same year. 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. (http://www.keithhunt.com/Bible12.html). And neither university officials nor the British government moved a finger to shut this down! "[46], The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53 8:11) and the Short and Long Conclusions of Mark 16 (Mark 16:820)offset from the main text in earlier editionswere removed. Scripture and religious beliefs tend to come to light in notes and introductions to translations. (Seehttp://www.vaticanassassins.org/highly-recommended-chris-pintos-superb-video-the-untold-history-of-the-bible/). Tucker Carlson fired from Fox for calling out Big Pharma advertisers deadly vaccines, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Walmart Update - Barbed Wire In Cincinnati, The Globalist Agenda: The COVID Plandemic is Just The Beginning. The New Testament was written in "Koine" Greek, not the Greek that the Catholic Church, via Jesuits, used to counter the Great . Remember that the Revised Version was the brainchild of Westcott and Hort. [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. Newmans future was now clear to him. The Two Paths Of New Testament Manuscripts - End Time Deceptions In Cardinal Wisemans address to the Congress of Milines in 1863, he reported that in 1830 the number of priests in England was 434; in 1863 they numbered 1242. He organized secret Catholics (including Jesuit agents planted in the church and university) into a working whole. They included essays responding to criticism of the New World Translation from non-Witnesses, and a bibliography of reviews of the work. July 7th Hort: Dr. And when we learn that the NIV was worked on by homosexuals, we see not just corruption in modern versions, but a pit of damnation that no genuine believer can touch. [55] In reference to the Septuagint, biblical scholar Paul E. Kahle stated, "We now know that the Greek Bible text as far as it was written by Jews for Jews did not translate the Divine name by Kyrios, but the Tetragrammaton written with Hebrew or Greek letters was retained in such MSS (manuscripts). 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. 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.
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