Aware of many variants Great faith in original writers & little in copyists A tendency to blame heretics & careless scribes Respect for church tradition Reluctant to simply dismiss passages Focused on understanding and teaching Never questioned the Bible because of variants Early Church
One scribe using one manuscript One scribe comparing manuscripts Scribe has to make decisions Scriptorum: One reader, many scribes writing Copies show additions, corrections, & notes Uncertain text often set off or marked The Process of Copying
Early Greek Bibles Later Greek Bibles