I am told that the Greek Orthodox Church uses Codex Alexandrinus. Well Codex Alexandrinus is Byzantine in the Gospels only, but Alexandrian [Sinaiticus/Vaticanus B] in the Epistles and elsewhere. So somebody is fooling somebody. Here is what Kosta posted:
"The Greek Orthodox Church uses Codex Alexandrinus, which is the same text trecived by Erasmus and which is a lot more corrupt than the older 4th century Codices Vaticanus and Sinaitcus, the least "polished" and altered and the oldest, of all other manuscripts. In fact the Received Text are copies of the 12th century copies of the highly "harmonzied" and choregraphed end of 5th century C. Alexandrinus, which has been throughly "Christianized".
When did the change take place??? Are those lectionaries of the Epistles other than the Gospels that you are reading from in the church Byzantine or Alexandrian???
“When did the change take place??? Are those lectionaries of the Epistles other than the Gospels that you are reading from in the church Byzantine or Alexandrian???”
They are what we have always used. There has been no change. You do not understand the terminology Kosta and I are using...which comes as absolutely no surprise. I see no point in continuing this conversation, UC.
Alexandrian or "neutral" text-type. The Gospels are highly polished and harmonized Byzantine text-type. But there is a difference in the OT as well, especially in Isaiah which appears thoroughly christianized, depending which copy of the Sptuagint one is using. Whatever copy the Greeks are using, it agrees with the western OT when it comes to those "critical" Christian point such as Virgin Birth, and such passsages as Isa 9:6-8.