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There is a recent development at the ever excellent New Advent website. The Bible is presented in parallel columns: Greek on the left, English in the middle and the Latin Vulgate on the right. Navigation is provided by a list of all the books at the top and a list of chapters of the current book underneath. The English version is the Douai Rheims with the comments by Bishop Challoner. I am filled with admiration for Kevin Knight and others who help with the site. Their dedication has provided yet another superb resource for those who wish to deepen their...

For aproximately 100 years now, a battle has been raging over the question, "Where is the Word of God?"

The Validity of the Received Text by Debra E. Anderson Much is being said today in an attempt to denigrate the Textus Receptus, the Greek New Testament text upon which the English Authorised Version and other Reformation-era translations were based. Critics believe that there is no single text which can validly claim the title "Received Text", that the text originated in the works of a Roman Catholic priest, that it was produced using only a few manuscripts - these things would all exclude its use as a valid source of translation, and thus any translations based upon something called the...

IN DEFENSE OF ERASMUS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- by Dr. John Cereghin Pastor, Grace Baptist Church of Smyrna, Delaware Used by permission... (Download Word97 format) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Introduction Question #1: Why do you use the Textus Receptus when it was translated by a Roman Catholic, Erasmus? Wasn't Erasmus a Roman Catholic? Wouldn't this mean that the Textus Receptus and its resulting Authorized Version is a Roman Catholic translation? Question #2: Didn’t Erasmus dedicate his Greek text to the pope? Question #3: Was Erasmus qualified to edit a Greek Text? Wasn't his Greek education substandard? Question #4: Wasn't Erasmus' Greek text "hastily...