Modern textual criticism is founded upon
Rationalism. Rationalism (which led to modernism)
is based on man's reasoning and rejects spiritual revelation from God:
RATIONALISM places a high value on HUMAN REASON (what man
thinks) and places a low value (or no value) on DIVINE REVELATION (what God
has said in His Word, the Bible). The emphasis is upon REASON rather than
REVELATION (God's revealed truth). (1)
Rationalists deny the supernatural inspiration of Scripture
(they deem God a liar) and are lost in their sins. Unbelievers, regardless of
their expertise in Hebrew or ancient Greek, are not qualified to tell the church
what is and what is not the word of God.
Wolves in sheep's clothing, under the guise of scholarship,
have long used textual criticism to undermine the authority of the Authorized
Version:
“Textual Criticism, the evaluation of the
actual manuscripts in the ancient languages, the preparation of printed
editions of the Hebrew and Greek Text, and the modern translations now being
made in English and many other languages, are very largely conducted under
the direction or influence of scholars who by their adoption of these
erroneous theories have betrayed the unreliability of their judgment in
these vital matters. WE MUST NOT PERMIT OUR JUDGMENT TO BE OVERAWED BY
GREAT NAMES IN THE REALM OF BIBLICAL ‘SCHOLARSHIP’ WHEN IT IS SO CLEARLY
EVIDENT THAT THE DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF THE PRESENT CENTURY ARE MERELY
REPRODUCING THE CASE PRESENTED BY RATIONALISTS DURING THE LAST TWO HUNDRED
YEARS. Nor should we fail to recognize that scholarship of this kind has
degenerated into a skeptical crusade against the Bible, tending to lower it
to the level of an ordinary book of merely human composition” (Terance
Brown, If the Foundations Be Destroyed, T.B.S Article No. 14, p. 13).
(2)
notes
(1)
RATIONALISM, REVIVALISM, MODERNISM, LIBERALISM &
FUNDAMENTALISM
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/churchhi/church13.htm
(2) Textual Criticism and Infidelity
http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/textualcriticism.htm
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