The Baptist Examiner was “Premillenial, Baptistic, Calvinistic, and Biblical” but it was NOT always a King James Only paper especially and not at all during its first decades. This was the reason I brought up The Baptist Examiner at all. This was the same reason I brought up John Gill, Charles Spurgeon, John Broadus, and TP Simmons.
Bottom line is this…..the KJVO Movement is new. It is not the “old paths.” It is not the “faith of our fathers.” It is not a “landmark” of a “true church.” It was never a “test of orthodoxy” among the brethren, and in fact good men have differed on the subject within the past 50 years. Furthermore, these men did not always make it a test of fellowship.
Here are just a few quotes from the Examiner showing it was NOT a KJVO paper.
First, some quotes from its beginning when CD Cole and TP Simmons were editors:
April 1, 1931 –
It is true that the Word “Easter” is found in Acts 12:4 of the King James version, but it is known by all that pretend to have made any sort of a study of the Bible that this is a mistranslation. The word in the Greek in this place is the same word that is
everywhere else translated “passover,” and this is its undoubted meaning. Earlier versions, without the slightest authentic reason, used the word “Easter” to translate the Greek word for “passover.” The King James translators corrected tins inexcusable error in every case except the one referred to above. Why they did not correct it in that case. I am unable to say. But the Revised Version rightfully corrects the error in this place also. There call be no intelligent doubt about the meaning of the word. Matthew Henry says that Acts 12 :4 should
read : “after the passover,” instead of “after Easter:”
April 15, 1931 –
“And Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth; go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo,I am with you always, even unto the end of the age” —Matt. 28:18-20.
May 1, 1931 –
The Emphatic Diaglott renders this verse: “To him be the glory in the congregation by Jesus Christ, to all the generations of the age of the ages.” According to this rendering there must have been, and must continue to be, “congregations” in every generation. The American Revised Version renders it : “Unto him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations forever and ever.” This is a guarantee that Christ’s church is to be in existence in all generations.
May 15, 1931 –
The Bible Union Version renders it: “Was immersed by John in the Jordan.” This version also renders Rom. 6:4: “We were buried therefore with him through immersion.”