In 1953, THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION was effectively banned from usage by the UPCI and the King James Version proclaimed the most accurate translation to be used by UPCI congregations and its people:
Adopted by the General Conference in 1953
I find this very interesting in light of the many of the arguments that led to this ban ...
Rev. MJ Wolff, of Illinois, contended for its rejection, in his 1953 Pentecostal Herald article "The New Bible" ... among his arguments were:
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The translators of this "book" were not God-called men or inspired by the Holy Spirit. *** I gues the KJV translators were?***
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Accusatory claims that the translators were also modernists who were also "liberal, Communist sympathizers". *** McCarthyism permeates the org! ****
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Among the egregious or drastic changes of "this book" that are 'unacceptable to "true" Christianity' .... is Acts 2:38 changed to "Repent, be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the "forgiveness" of your sins:"
*** Gasp! Remission changed to forgiveness like it says in the original Greek "aphesis" ... or the NIV, ESV, ASV, NASB, et al. ***
Source:
http://www.1stapostolic.org/PDF/Pent...rald195311.pdf
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I find this as just another example of a position that needs to be taken off the books just because it's outdated and almost irrelevant ... as for the most part many of these objections and changes are found in the NIV and other translations commonly used ....
What happens when a minister inadvertently quotes from this translation or a similar translation?
Another major objection of Wolf , in 1953, was that
Mark 16:9-20 is footnoted in the RSV as to not being found in original manuscripts ... but most translations today have a similar footnote.
I think that this resolution is another example of the radicalism that would grip the org during AT Morgan's administration ...
Later in 1954, the holiness dress standards and TV prohibition are added to the Holiness article .... Perhaps this radicalism and displays of fire-brand conservatism are indeed reflective of the McCarthyism of the era and a successful coup of those with roots from the Conservative Holiness movement within the org.
Also noteworthy is that the New Revised Standard Version has since been published, in 1989.