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Textus Receptus

The Textual Controversy

The Textual Controversy

My one object has been to defeat the mischievous attempt, which was made in 1881 to thrust upon this Church and Realm a revision of the Sacred Text, which recommended though it be by eminent names, I am thoroughly convinced, and am able to prove, is untrustworthy from beginning to end.

The Modern Versions – Origins and Influences

The Modern Versions – Origins and Influences

The 1881 committee that produced the Revised Version, the mother of the majority of today’s modem versions, was unimpressed with the weight of the evidence supporting the Received Text, which had been used for English translations by William Tyndale, John Rogers, and Miles Coverdale, as well as later by the 1611 translators.