 The three witnesses have been established in our Greek Testaments by the prudence of Erasmus; the honest bigotry of the Complutensian editors; the typographical fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens in the placing a crotchet; and the deliberate falsehood,...  July 1715-November 1767 - Page 668by St. John's College (University of Cambridge) - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1781 - 392 pages
...eftablifhed in our Greek Teftaments by the prudence ofErafmus; the honeft bigoiry of the Complutenfian editors ; the typographical fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens in the placing a crotchet ; and the deliberate falfehood, or ftrange mifapprehenfion, of Theodore Beza. (no) Plin.... | |
 | 1797 - 614 pages
...in these words; "The thix-e witnesses" (i John, v. 7.) "have been established in our Greek Testament by the prudence of Erasmus, the honest bigotry of...fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens in the placing a crotchet, and the deliberate falsehood, or strange misapprehension, of Theodore Beza." This note... | |
 | Charles Butler - Bible - 1807 - 338 pages
...4to.), Mr. Gibbon asserts, that " The Three Witnesses have been " established, in our Greek Testament, by the " prudence of Erasmus; the honest bigotry of...fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens, in the " placing a crotchet; or the deliberate fraud or " strange misapprehension of Theodore Beza." This note was attacked... | |
 | Classical philology - 1828 - 358 pages
...Greek manuscript whatsoever ; and partly with Mr. Gibbon, that it owes its place in our editions to the prudence of Erasmus ; the honest bigotry of the Complutensian editors; the typographical error of Robert Stephens ; and the strange misapprehension of Theodore Beza. POSTSCRIPT. 1. I have... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 440 pages
...ducats. See Mattair* Anna1. Typograph. tom, ii, p. 2-8. 125-133; and Wetstein, Prolegomena, p. 116-127. - The three witnesses have been established in our Greek...Testaments by the prudence of Erasmus ; the honest bigotry 6f the Compluteiuian editors ; the typographical fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens in the placing... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1815 - 866 pages
...following unqualified assertion was extracted: "The three witnesses (1 John, v. 7) have been establ^hed in our Greek Testaments by the prudence of Erasmus ; the honest bigotry of, the Compliitensian editors ; the typographical fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens, in the placing a crotchet... | |
 | Charles Butler - History, Modern - 1817 - 472 pages
...4to.), Mr. Gibbon asserts, that " The Three Witnesses have been " established, in our Greek Testament, by the " prudence of Erasmus; the honest bigotry of...fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens, in the " placing a crotchet; or the deliberate fraud or " strange misapprehension of Theodore Beza." This note was attacked... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - Unitarianism - 1817 - 384 pages
...Wetstein in loc. Hence we see the foundation of Gibbon's famous remark upon this celebrated text : " The three witnesses have been established in our Greek...the prudence of Erasmus, the honest bigotry of the Gomplutensian editors, by the typographical fraud or error of Robert Stephens in the placing of a crotchet,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1820 - 430 pages
...p. 116-127. • The three wit nesses hare been established in our Greek Testaments by the prudeuce of Erasmus ; the honest bigotry of the Complutensian...fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens in the placing a crotchet ; and the deliberate falsehood, or strange misapprehension, of Theodore Beza. ' I'lin. Hist.... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Theology - 1823 - 404 pages
...4to.) Mr Gibbon asserts, that " The Three Witnesses have been established, in our Greek Testament, by the prudence of Erasmus ; the honest bigotry of...fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens, in the placing a crotchet ; or the deliberate falsehood or strange misapprehension of Theodore. Beza." This note was... | |
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