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...