vol. 38, Issue #4

Online Journal Article: An Evaluation Of John W. Burgon’s Use Of Patristic Evidence - Mark H. Heuer* Jets 38/4 (December 1995) 519–530

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AN EVALUATION OF JOHN W. BURGON’S
USE OF PATRISTIC EVIDENCE -
MARK H. HEUER*
JETS 38/4 (December 1995) 519–530

Excerpt:
Undoubtedly John W. Burgon, Dean of Chichester, was a Christian gentleman
and scholar. In fact Kenneth W. Clark places Dean Burgon alongside Tischendorf
as a textual scholar. Burgon compiled an astounding index
of Scripture quotations from the Church fathers totaling 86,589. It resides
in the British Museum but unfortunately has never been published, leaving
these patristic citations inaccessible for critical study. Burgon held what is
at least a reasonable position in that he accepted only the inspiration of the
apostolic autographs and not the inerrancy of the Textus Receptus edition
or any version, including the KJV. For example, he does not defend the KJV
reading of Acts 8:37 and 1 John 5:7, which do not appear in any credible
Greek MSS. 3 B.
--from the first page of the article