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Old 05-06-2008, 08:41 AM
Steven Avery Steven Avery is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Connie
the original source of those references to Spurgeon ... Spurgeon's calling the W-H Bible "the blunder Bible" ... David Cloud refers to it as Spurgeon’s remark but gives no reference .. another reference, giving more of the quotation but again no source:
Hi Connie,

And apparently David Cloud was questioned on this a while back and did not give a Spurgeon quote source. There is indication the source goes back to T. Harwood Pattison, and that would likely be "The History of the English Bible" Baptist Tract and Book Society, 1894. $26 on ibiblio, available at libraries per Worldcat. It is unclear whether the quote is there.

I don't know the Charles Spurgeon history and timeline and writings well enough to see if he may have changed positions substantively after around 1885 (he lived 1934-1892). There are quotes where he is pro-revision.

Herb Evans seems to have a good sources some very nice quote from Charles Spurgeon, about the infallibility of the Bible.

http://www.sharperiron.org/showthread.php?p=36667
" we are fully assured that our old English version of the Scriptures is sufficient for plain men for all purposes of life, salvation, and goodness."
—Free Presbyterian Magazine, quoted in The Baptist Examiner - April 15, 1978, p. 1


While this is far stronger than the liberals it has some tempered usage, and is not directly addressing the issue of textual and translational differences, where there are other quotes from Spurgeon where he is in error. Did his position move ? The Revised Version was 1881, Revision Revised by Dean Burgon which exposed all the revision blunders was published in 1883, so it is possible. To really determine more quotes with dates would be helpful.

Shalom
Steven

Last edited by Steven Avery; 05-06-2008 at 08:50 AM.