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Our Stand on the Authorized Version
Statement by
Capital Baptist Deaf College on
Issue of the Scriptures
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On the Authorized Version. . . . Recognizing that different convictions
exist among us regarding Bible texts and versions, we believe we should
balance soul liberty with Christian charity in these matters, and
therefore, agree not to magnify these differences. We believe we should
leave such discussion and decision to the privacy of individual conscience
and the sovereign determination of each local church. Though some men
may use certain versions in the study for reference, etc., we require the
Authorized Version to be used by our students and missionaries in their
preaching in the United States. Also, we ask preachers in our Hampshire
View Baptist Deaf Church meetings and conferences to use the Authorized
Version. We continue to believe that the Authorized Version is the Word of
God in English Translation form. We oppose all forms of Ruckmanism.
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On Bible Preservation. . . We believe God has promised in both the Old and
New Testaments to preserve His Words as given to us in the original
Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek texts (Psalm 12:6-7; 78:1-8: 119:89; 119:152,
160; Isaiah 30:8; 40:6-8; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Matthew 4:4; 5:17-18; 24:35;
28:20; John 10:35; Colossians 1:17; I Peter 1:21-25; 2 John 2, and
elsewhere). By His Providential care, we believe God has kept His Word
pure down through the ages as He promised, and we reaffirm what our
Baptist forefathers wrote in their London Baptist Confession of 1677 and
1689. It states in part: The old Testament in Hebrew, (which was the
native language of the people of God of old), and the New Testament Greek
(which at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the
nations) being immediately inspired by God, and by His singular care and
Providence kept pure in all ages, are therefore authenticable...
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We will not make a particular translation or method of preservation a test of
fellowship.
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On Translation Work done by the Missionaries supported by Hampshire View
Baptist Deaf Church. The Textus Receptus is to be used in any work of
Bible translation done by the Missionaries supported by Hampshire View
Baptist Deaf Church.
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Capital Baptist Deaf College uses only the Masoretic Text for the Old Testament
and the Textus Receptus for the New Testament.
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