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Originally Posted by Pastor Keith
I am reading Alister McGrath's, newest book "Christianity's Dangerous Idea".
On page 32, he is describing the formation of Jerome's Latin Vulgate, he points out that up to the point of his translation certain passages in the Catholic translation were assumed to be scripture, when in fact they weren't.
One such passage was 1 John 5:7-8
7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
He discovered in doing his Greek Translation that this passage was added after the 8th Century, most likely a commentary on the previous verses that a scribe took to be a passage of scripture.
I think for some this is old news, but I enjoyed discovering it and having a notable scholar point out this undermines a traditional cardinal doctrine of traditional Evangelicalism, the Trinity.
Anyway, while I am starting the book, I will report any other notable items. |
You are correct Erasmus did not find it in his Greek manuscripts, which simply read: "There are three that bear witness; the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three are one." He was then accused of tampering with the text in an attempt to eliminate the doctrine of the Trinity and to devalue it corollary, the doctrine of the full divinity of Christ. Under pressure he added it back in his next edition, after a Greek manuscript was produced with the verse in it, it of course was a fraud, but it gave Erasmus and out and he caved.
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