The Apostles and their Manuscripts

When did the Apostles write the New Testament?

The Christian Persecutions

The early Christian church suffered many persecutions for our Lord's name

Constantine

The first Christian Emperor and his achievements for Christianity

The Council of Nicaea

The affirmation of the Holy Trinity against the heresy of Arianism

The Byzantine Empire

Where was God's word before the Textus Receptus?

The Byzantine Orthodox Church

The manuscripts of the Byzantine Church

Byzantine Priority

A Case for Byzantine Priority

The Byzantine and Roman Empires

After Constantine died the Roman Empire split into East and West

Byzantine Empire 555 AD

During the reign of Justinian I (527–565 AD), the Empire reached its greatest extent

Byzantine Scriptoriums

Byzantine monasteries housed the majority of the great scriptoriums of the Byzantine era.

The Crusades

All the Crusade had to pass through Constantinople and the heart of the Byzantine Empire

The Fall of Constantinople

The end of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 AD.

Erasmus and the Textus Receptus

The real story of Erasmus and the Textus Receptus

Erasmus and the Renaissance

It would take centuries for scholars to realize that Erasmus had collated variants from Byzantine manuscripts

The Start of the Reformation

An English translation of Martin Luther's 95 These