Westcott-Hort Quotes re Salvation: and the problems with these

Salvation:


“The thought (of John 10:29) is here traced back to its most absolute form as resting on the essential power of God in His relation of Universal Fatherhood.”

Westcott, St. John, p. 159

“I confess I have no repugnance to the primitive doctrine of a ransom paid to Satan. I can see no other possible form in which the doctrine of a ransom is at all tenable; anything is better than the doctrine of a ransom to the father.”

Hort, The First Epistle of St. Peter 1:1-2:17, p. 77

Perhaps this is why their Greek text adds “to salvation” in 1 Peter 2:2. And why their English version teaches universal salvation in Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,” (ASV).

It is one thing to have doctrinal differences on baby-sprinkling and perhaps a few other interpretations. It is another to be a Darwin-believing theologian who rejects the authority of scriptures, Biblical salvation, the reality of hell, and makes Christ a created being to be worshipped with Mary his mother. Yet, these were the views of both Westcott and Hort. No less significant is the fact that both men were members of spiritist societies (the Hermes Club and the Ghostly Guild).

source: http://www.alcorne.free-online.co.uk/w_and_hQ.htm

 

 

Noah Moses

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