REVELATION 3:14 AND TRI{3}NITARIAN BIBLE MSS TAMPERING
More textual
tampering in behalf of the Tri{3}nity doctrine at Revelation 3:14:
CODEX
SINAITICUS (circa. Middle 4th Century C.E.):
“...A handful of singular readings in Sinaiticus make a
Christological contribution to the reading of the text. These
readings improve the image of Jesus in a substantial way and appear
to be consonant with fourth century concerns over the nature of the
Son. Such readings include Revelation 3:14, where the scribes alter
the universally attested title for Jesus as the “beginning of the
creation of God” Gk., ( ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ
θεοῦ ) to the “beginning
of the church of God” Gk., ( ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας
τοῦ θεοῦ ) – a
move that eradicates any notion that Jesus might be on par with the
created order{33}...” - (Page 348, Scripture and
Traditions: Essays on Early Judaism and Christianity "In Honor
of Carl R. Holladay” ; SUPPLEMENTS TO NOVUM TESTAMENTUM 129, By
Carl R. Holladay, Patrick Gray, Gail R. O'Day 2008.)
[FOOTNOTE
33]: The problem with the original wording of Rev. 3:14, which
may be deduced from the nature of the scribal change, coupled with
our knowledge of known controversies in the fourth century, is that
the title, Gk., ( ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ
), appears to lend itself far
too easily to an understanding of the Son as a “creature”. One
only need observe how remarkably similar the formal features of
Christ's title in Rev. 3:14 are to the description of Wisdom's origin
in Prov. 8:22 – one of the key Christological texts at the center
of the “Arian” controversy.
Gk.,
( ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ )
Changed to:
Gk., ( ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ θεοῦ )
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