An Apologetics Problem for the KJVO and Textus Receptus Only Believer

JasonS

Just a thought about KJVO and TRO believers and apologetics. If the Alexandrian family of texts is no good, or is of Satanic origin, the John Rylands Papyrus (P52) cannot be used in apologetics arguments in favor of an early date of the New Testament Gospels. * To use the JRP, one must then acknowledge the practical worth of the Alexandrian text family. * See also Wiki 1 , 2 , and KCH.

OP here.

9 thoughts on “An Apologetics Problem for the KJVO and Textus Receptus Only Believer”

  1. Philip D July 21, 2009 / 6:36 am

    That’s true… There’s probably also some application of that logic to the writings of the church fathers and the use of the Latin Vulgate.

  2. JasonS July 21, 2009 / 12:28 pm

    Philip,
    Enlarge on that for me, please. I wanna hear more.

  3. Philip D July 23, 2009 / 7:20 am

    The vast amount of church father quotations as well as the many existing copies of the Vulgate that we have are often used to bolster the numbers of existing witnesses to the New Testament texts. Since they are generally Alexandrian in nature, the KJVO/TRO proponents would have to throw those large numbers out thereby seeming to make a weaker case.

  4. JasonS July 23, 2009 / 9:38 am

    Yeah. Got it.

  5. fundyreformed July 23, 2009 / 12:32 pm

    Good point. Thanks Jason for keeping this thing alive too. It’s hard to keep up with two blogs and real life obligations! LOL.

  6. JasonS July 23, 2009 / 5:50 pm

    Bob,
    Hah! I just had a simple thought is all.
    Plus I’m trying to bribe y’all to get to work on Fundamentally Changed 🙂

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  8. tc robinson July 31, 2009 / 1:25 pm

    Jason, your question is quite disarming. A good one, I say. 😉

    • JasonS July 31, 2009 / 7:58 pm

      Thanks for the link, and the compliment 🙂

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