Learn how to read a New Testament critical apparatus and see major variants resolved by early papyri and Alexandrian witnesses with disciplined, documentary method.
Caspar René Gregory (1846–1917): Architect of Modern New Testament Manuscript Cataloguing and External-Documentary Methodology
Gregory built the stable numbering system for Greek New Testament manuscripts and modeled a documentary-first method anchored in early Alexandrian witnesses.
Can We Trust Westcott and Hort’s 1881 Greek New Testament? Evaluating the “Occultist Unbelievers” Charge and the Reliability of Their Text
Were Westcott and Hort occultists? The documents—not rumors—show their 1881 Greek text aligns with the earliest witnesses and remains a reliable starting point.

