For over two-thousand and five-hundred years the Old Testament has been accepted by many as historically accurate and inspired by God. Likewise, after the King James Version of the Holy Bible was published, it was considered by the Protestants to be the only accurate version of the Holy Bible and was infallible. The historical criticism of both the Old and New Testament began in middle 1700AD and since early 1900AD a more scientific view became established concerning the history of the texts of both Testaments. Because of the languages, different cultural influences and the historical chronology the Old Testament and New Testament, the separation of these two texts frequently became necessary.
Many claim that biblical criticism began in …show more content…
Consequently, in 1893AD Pope Leo XIII issued a Vatican doctrine called "Providentissimus Deus or On the Study of Holy Scripture" in which he presented guidelines about how the Scriptures were to be taught in seminaries that would address the contradictions of in the Holy Bible when compared to known scientific evidence. More importantly, Pope Leo XIII also issued an authorization to allow Biblical Criticism within the Catholic Church. Later in 1902AD, a Pontifical Biblical Commission became established by Pope Leo XIII to add modern science to be taught along with Catholic biblical …show more content…
While most contemporary Christians feel that the Holy Bible should be criticized as any other literature, whereas, those fundamentalist Christians supported by biblical scholars and theologians attempt to persuade those not informed of biblical criticism that any valid archaeological evidence should confirm the truth of the Scriptures and deny the validity of any archaeological evidence that prove otherwise.
Within the past one-hundred years many major universities and seminaries have been active with the critical study of the biblical Scriptures along with substantial reduction of support among those universities and seminaries who do not participate in the critical study of the Holy Bible. Comments such as the following from George Gordon a minister from Boston,
It has become a common practice for the fundamentalists to change and condemn any new scientific explanations without any substantial proof. Recent disapproval and attempts to silence biblical criticism has been rejected by Protestant scholars such as D. Huntington, the Chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan University who commented with the following,
The more modern view of biblical criticism has not been isolated to just in a few universities but also in churches around the United States. In recent surveys, 25% of Protestant ministers are now supporters of biblical
Many claim that biblical criticism began in …show more content…
Consequently, in 1893AD Pope Leo XIII issued a Vatican doctrine called "Providentissimus Deus or On the Study of Holy Scripture" in which he presented guidelines about how the Scriptures were to be taught in seminaries that would address the contradictions of in the Holy Bible when compared to known scientific evidence. More importantly, Pope Leo XIII also issued an authorization to allow Biblical Criticism within the Catholic Church. Later in 1902AD, a Pontifical Biblical Commission became established by Pope Leo XIII to add modern science to be taught along with Catholic biblical …show more content…
While most contemporary Christians feel that the Holy Bible should be criticized as any other literature, whereas, those fundamentalist Christians supported by biblical scholars and theologians attempt to persuade those not informed of biblical criticism that any valid archaeological evidence should confirm the truth of the Scriptures and deny the validity of any archaeological evidence that prove otherwise.
Within the past one-hundred years many major universities and seminaries have been active with the critical study of the biblical Scriptures along with substantial reduction of support among those universities and seminaries who do not participate in the critical study of the Holy Bible. Comments such as the following from George Gordon a minister from Boston,
It has become a common practice for the fundamentalists to change and condemn any new scientific explanations without any substantial proof. Recent disapproval and attempts to silence biblical criticism has been rejected by Protestant scholars such as D. Huntington, the Chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan University who commented with the following,
The more modern view of biblical criticism has not been isolated to just in a few universities but also in churches around the United States. In recent surveys, 25% of Protestant ministers are now supporters of biblical