SDG 420 Understanding The History of the Bible part 7

1 Corinthians 4:1-2  Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

So last week we talked about the good guys and the bad guys or those manuscripts that supported the core tenants of the faith namely, the virgin birth, the God/man Jesus Christ, the bloody crucifiction, the bodily resurrection, His soon return, the Holy Trinity, and I could go on and on.

The point is that some of the old manuscripts don't support these core tenants of the faith (namely the minority manuscripts from places like Alexandria, Egypt and The Vatican.  These we called the bad guys.

Now the ones that do support The Faith which are the vast majority of the manuscripts have as their origin the ancient holy city of Antioch!

So today before we move onto The Vatican's role in this entire story let's look into a few details of the Good Guys and the Bad.