Text Types

Antioch vs Alexandria

(A text-type is a group of manuscripts that generally agree with each other.) There are two major text-types, the Byzantine/Antiochian/Majority/Universal text-type and the Alexandrian text-type. The Byzantine text-type had it’s origin in Antioch, Syria, where the disciples of Christ were first called Christians (Acts 11:26). The Alexandrian text originated in Alexandria, Egypt, which was probably the first place that the pure doctrine of Christ was perverted with false teaching. 95% of ALL known New Testament manuscripts fall into the Byzantine text-type. (Even those who prefer the Alexandrian text are forced to admit this.) Only a very few manuscripts fall into the Alexandrian text-type, and these manuscripts are known to have many serious problems.

Below are some PDF's by the listed author's extensive research

Herman Hoskier, John William Burgon, Prebendary H. Scrivener M.A.

The Choice

Where do we go?

If one desires truth, the choice is to seek out what God actually said. Many scholars support both sides, so we have to make our own minds up. When researching from the origin points, one reads about the types of people involved in the preservation or corruption of the texts. These people are quite distinct, from unbelieving pagans to believers unto persecution and death.

Also, a consideration is the locations of origins... Alexandria, or Antioch. One is known to be the birthplace of all religions, while the other true Christianity respectively.

One leads to Catholicism, the other actual Christianity.

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