The Revision Revised / Three Articles Reprinted from the "Quarterly Review." I. The New Greek Text. II. The New English Version. III. Westcott and Hort's New Textual Theory. To Which is Added a Reply to Bishop Ellicott's Pamphlet in Defence of the Revisers and Their Greek Text of the New Testament: Including a Vindication of the Traditional Reading of 1 Timothy III. 16.

by John William Burgon

My lord Bishop,—I have the honour to wish you respectfully farewell.

J. W. B.

Deanery, Chichester,
July, 1883.

THE GRASS WITHERETH: THE FLOWER FADETH: BUT THE WORD OF OUR GOD SHALL STAND FOR EVER.

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Appendix Of Sacred Codices.

The inquiries into which I was led (January to June 1883) by my Dissertation in vindication of the Traditional Reading of 1 Tim. iii. 16, have resulted in my being made aware of the existence of a vast number of Sacred Codices which had eluded the vigilance of previous Critics.

I had already assisted my friend Prebendary Scrivener in greatly enlarging Scholz's list. We had in fact raised the enumeration of “Evangelia” to 621: of “Acts and Catholic Epistles” to 239: of “Paul” to 281: of “Apocalypse” to 108: of “Evangelistaria” to 299: of the book called “Apostolus” to 81:—making a total of 1629.—But at the end of a protracted and somewhat laborious correspondence with the custodians of not a few great Continental Libraries, I am able to state that our available “Evangelia” amount to at least 739[1154]: our “Acts and Cath. Epp.” to 261: our “Paul” to 338: our “Apoc.” to 122: our “Evstt.” to 415[1155]: our copies of the “Apostolus” to 128[1156]: making a total of 2003. This shows an increase of three hundred and seventy-four.