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The Fable of the Faulty

Logos1560

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Did Alfred Martin suggest that the preserved text had some imperfections or faults or that it was faulty?

Alfred Martin as edited by David Otis Fuller wrote: “The traditional text is not synonymous with the Received Text, but the latter does embody it in a rather corrupt form” (Which Bible, fifth edition, p. 148). Alfred Martin asserted: “One cannot say that the Textus Receptus, for example, is verbally inspired. It contains many plain and clear errors, as all schools of textual critics agree” (p. 149). Alfred Martin wrote: “Admitted, it [the Textus Receptus] will have to undergo extensive revision. It needs to be revised according to sound principles which will take account of all the evidence” (p. 173). Alfred Martin quoted H. C. Hoskier as observing that Burgon “did not contend for the acceptance of the Textus Receptus, as has so often been scurrilously stated” (p. 153).

Would D. A. Waite agree with these clear statements by Alfred Martin as favorably edited and reprinted by David Otis Fuller, who was a member of the Organizing Committee which established the Dean Burgon Society as well as being one of its first two vice-presidents (Dean Burgon News, January, 1979, pp. 1, 6)? David Cloud asserted that “Fuller was a co-founder of the Dean Burgon Society with Donald Waite” (O Timothy, Vol. 12, Issue 5, 1995, p. 4).
 

Martin Marprelate

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So you are offended. That is sad, but it is irrelevant. When someone becomes offended in a textual debate, it usually means one thing. They cannot answer the actual question.
Well I'm sad that you are saddened, but that is irrelevant too. What was the question that you think I can't answer?
Your length and your offense do not answer the question. I asked for specific textual evidence. You have provided commentary, but not the readings, not the manuscripts, and not the witnesses that support your claim. Truth is not established by volume or emotion. Truth is established by evidence.

If you want to engage the point, present the specific textual data. If you only react, you are not interacting with the argument.
What on earth are you talking about? Why not read my post #3 and 4 again? Are you confusing me with someone else? I was not engaging at all with your argument; I was engaging with the title of the thread.
 
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