Does The Revised Version Affect The Doctrine Of The New Testament As Exhibited In The Authorized Translation

Author : E. F. O. Thurcaston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656962280
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Does the "Revised Version" Affect the Doctrine of the New Testament as Exhibited in the Authorized Translation? (Classic Reprint) written by E. F. O. Thurcaston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Does the "Revised Version" Affect the Doctrine of the New Testament as Exhibited in the Authorized Translation? Does the Revised Version affect the doctrine of the New Testament? This is a momentous question. But, before we answer it, we must ask what has the Revised Version done I t has made thirty-six thousand alterations in the Authorized Trans lation. How is this? Have we not been told that - nay, we will not state what has been said by those who have cherished it, and loved it, and praised God for it, for nearly three centuries, for this would fill a volume but we will state what the revisers themselves say of our Authorized Translation. Speaking of the character of our time-honoured translation, they say: We have had to study this great version carefully and minutely, line by line, and the longer we have been engaged upon it the more we have learned to admire its simplicity, its dignity, its power, its happy turns of expression, its general accuracy, and, we must not fail to add, the music of its cadences, and the felicities of its rhythm. And their first Resolution was, to make as few alterations in it as possible. (pref.) How then did thirty-six thousand alterations creep in We are told in answer, that it was framed from very imperfect materials, and that the number of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.