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title: 'What Should Be the Attitude of the American Clergy Towards the Revised Version of the Scriptures?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, Sr.'
date: 1886-03-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Bible and Canon'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 119'
- 'John 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/witherspoon-1886-what-should-be-the-attitude-of-the-american-clergy-towards-the-revised-version-of-the-scriptures
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# What Should Be the Attitude of the American Clergy Towards the Revised Version of the Scriptures?

Two essays: modern biblical criticism (esp. OT) is defended as not undermining doctrine; the Revised Version is praised for scholarship while clergy are urged to adopt it cautiously.

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