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Concerning the question of the cononical text, Bruce Metzger has a very
short discussion of this question in The Canon of the NT, pp. 267-270.  He
concludes that the category of 'canonical' appears to have been broad
enough to include all variant readings.  He specifically mentions variants
like the ending of Mark, Luke 22:43-44, John 7:53-8:11, and Acts 8:37.  I
first heard the material in this part of his book on Canon in an address in
New Orleans.  I asked him specifically at that time would he include the
Comma Johanneum in that class and he said "No."  His reason was because of
the lateness (12th cent. in Greek) and the way it got in, a trick played on
Erasmus.
Grace,

Carlton Winbery
Chair Religion/Philosophy
LA College,
Pineville,La
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winbery@andria.lacollege.edu
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