So no reply but instead a red herring. I guess another thread goes no where. He is outside the faith and trying to pull people from it. It is obvious.
Here is a link to a professor speaking to Wescott and Hort's occult beliefs.
Here is a quote from the following link.
Westcott and Hort: Translator's Beliefs
www.jesusisprecious.org
OCCULT INVOLVEMENT
Westcott and Hort founded several occult societies, two of which were “The Hermes Club” and “The Ghostly Guild.” These were not merely college projects. They were created at one of the highest learning institutions, in the world's largest imperial world-power at that time, Great Britain. Members of these clubs (and the occult associations which they went on to found, such as “
The Society for Psychical Research” in 1882), started the Luciferian modern New Age Movement. They also became prominent members of British Royalty and politics, as well as occupied the highest positions in the Anglican Church (including that which is equivalent to that of the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury). To say that Westcott and Hort were well connected is an understatement. The latter 19th century was a time of massive occult infiltration into nearly every major organization.
The excellent book, “New Age Bible Versions” by Dr. Gail Riplinger has this to say about Westcott and Hort:
B.F. Westcott is identified as “a mystic” by the standard reference work of his day: The Encyclopedia Britannica (1911). Princeton University Press' book, The Christian Socialist Revival (1968, Peter Da Jones) says B.F. Westcott was “a mystic” (page 179). The highly respected “Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics” identifies both B.F. Westcott and F.J.A. Hort as Alexandrian mystics (see 'Alexandrian Theology' et al.). The “Occult Illustrated Dictionary” makes reference to B.F. Westcott, Hort, and Lightfoot and their 'ghostly' games.
NEW AGE BIBLE VERSIONS (1:23 hour MP3 interview with
Dr. Gail Riplinger). You need to hear this, because Satan is creeping into our churches through the corrupted modern Bible versions.
In
a letter to his wife (dated October 23, 1864) Hort wrote (then age 36):
“We had a pleasant evening, six of Westcott's Sixth Form boys dining with us .... Then we worked till near dinner, when we had a very nice little party, the two De Morgans, H. M. Butler, Farrar, Brady and his mother, and H. W. Watson. Mrs. Brady ... came in the evening. We tried to turn tables, but the creatures wouldn't stir. Both the De Morgans were radiant and pleasant.”
The phrase “we tried to turn tables” is a direct reference to an occult séance and “the creatures” that “wouldn't stir” is a clear reference to the spirits that Hort and his guests were invoking to establish communication with. Westcott and Hort were accomplished practitioners of the occult. The sometimes promoted idea that these occult activities were only a part of Hort's younger days, is refuted by numerous quotes in the book,
New Age Bible Versions. For example: Dr. Riplinger states:
“He speaks, as late as 1880 (age 55), about 'fellowship with the spiritual world'” and “the dominion which the dead have over us” (New Age Bible Versions, by Dr. Gail Riplinger; page 439).
Heretics Westcott and Hort were secretly working on their revised 1881 New Testament Greek text since as early as 1853-1857:
“The principle literary work of these years was the revision of the Greek Text of the New Testament. All spare hours were devoted to it.” (Life, Volume I, page 399; October 21, 1858 - Fenton Hort)
Clearly, Westcott and Hort were Occult practitioners during the time that they were revising the Greek Text of the New Testament. Their Master Greek text of 1881 has become the benchmark of the modern corrupt translations today with most people completely unaware of the historical occult connection. Please read,
Occult Roots Of The Modern Bible Versions.
THEIR BELIEFS
Westcott and Hort believed the Greek text which underlies the KJV was perverse and corrupt. Hort called the Textus Receptus “vile and villainous” (Life and Letters of Fenton John Anthony Hort, Volume I, page 211). Since Westcott and Hort are the fathers of modern textual criticism and the restorers of the true text, we need to know something of their beliefs to see if they are consistent with Holy Scripture. This would be harmonious with the teaching found in Matthew 7:17.
Here's what Westcott and Hort said about their beliefs...
The Scriptures:
“All I hold is, that the more I learn, the more I am convinced that fresh doubts come from my own ignorance, and that at present I find the presumption in favour of the absolute truth I reject the word infallibility of Holy Scripture over whelming. Of course I feel difficulties which at present I cannot solve, and which I never hope to solve. ” (Westcott, The Life and Letters of Brook Foss Westcott, Vol. I, p.207).
While verifying the preceding quote, I found a website at westcotthort.com today. The information is invaluable and I appreciate the author's labors. Albeit, the author of the preceding hyperlink attempts to defend Mr. Westcott, claiming that he is merely rejecting the “word” infallibility and not the Holy Scriptures themselves. I disagree strongly. How can Dr. Westcott reject the word “infallibility” concerning the Holy Scriptures, and not reject the perfection of the Scriptures themselves? Obviously, that is not possible. I see that the author of westcotthort.com means well, but there is no honest way you can defend a heretic like Brooke Westcott. There's just no way! Westcott denied a literal Heaven, a literal Hell, and he openly states in his writings that the Romanish (Catholic) view came closer to the truth than the Evangelical (Christian) view. Read the ugly truth for yourself in the remaining quotes on this webpage.
In the “About” section of the westcotthort.com website, the author states his website's intention: “I thought it would be a great idea to share it - to make the hard-to-find books available in general, to help others in their investigation/refutation of KJV-onlyism.” Clearly, the author is biased against the exclusivity of the King James Bible. Yet, when we consider which Bible today upholds the Godhead, deity of Jesus, preeminence of Christ, and a correct view of what it means to “repent,” only the precious inspired and preserved King James Bible stands the test. Yes, I am King James ONLY!!!!!!!
The writer is correct that some websites have perverted Westcott's original words, which I am diligently trying to avoid. The truth is so very important. It is sinful to misquote anybody in an attempt to win one's own personal argument, whether their argument is right or wrong. Westcott's and Hort's writings are public domain, freely available for anyone to read online. I went directly to the source of the following quote (same as the earlier quote), to ensure its accuracy. You can read it for yourself on page 207 of the book titled, The Life and Letters of Brooke Foss Westcott. The following quote was written by Brooke Westcott in May of 1860:
“All I hold is, that the more I learn, the more I am convinced that fresh doubts come from my own ignorance, and that at present I find the presumption in favour of the absolute truth I reject the word infallibility of Holy Scripture over whelming. Of course I feel difficulties which at present I cannot solve, and which I never hope to solve. ” (Westcott, The Life and Letters of Brook Foss Westcott, Vol. I, p.207.)
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