KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger
us on the subject of authority, and especially the authority of the bible.4
The "fanaticism of bibliolaters," Hort bemoans.5 His son writes, "Hence he was led to seek firmer foundation than he could find in the Evangelical position."6 His shift from his evangelical upbringing was prodded by membership in the Philosophical Society and by his grandfather, an Archbishop who wanted to "interpret the Bible in a manner agreeable to the principles of Philosophy. "7 Fourteen years after his instigation of the 'Ghostly Guild' with Westcott and Benson, Hort writes:
During the last 15 years my thoughts and pursuits have grown and expanded but not considerably changed. In Theology itself I am obliged to hold a peculiar position, belonging to no party, yet having important agreements and sympathies with all. . .1 perhaps have more in common with the Liberal party than with others. . .1 look upon freedom and a wide toleration as indispensable.. .8 Of Westcott a friend wrote:
What a theology it was—how broad. . .anti-dogmatic; how progressive.9
The errors in the 'New' Greek Text and new versions, stemming from the liberal and hypocritical lives of Westcott and Hort, are leaving a generation of souls hungry. God foretold this in Isaiah 32.
The vile person shall no more be called liberal. For the vile person will speak villainy and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry. . .to destroy the poor with lying words. . .the liberal diviseth liberal things.
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