The Codex Sinaiticus

Charroux writes in Lost Worlds¹ that "...councils, popes and Christian sovereigns shamelessly altered the Holy Scriptures...". He tells us that thousands of changes were made to bring the Gospels in line with Church doctrine.

The Codex Sinaiticus contains what is considered to be the oldest existing copy of the New Testament. But it's not the same as the currently accepted version of the New Testament. 150 years after Constantin von Tischendorf discovered the Codex Sinaiticus at Mount Sinai this ancient document is still relatively unknown and unappreciated.

For example, every Christian knows the story in St John's Gospel of the adulterous woman who was condemned to be stoned to death. Jesus came to her defense saying: "...he that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone...". This story does not appear anywhere in the Codex Sinaiticus. Evidently it was added to St John's Gospel later.

Constantin von Tischendorf's exciting discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus in an ancient monastery reads like an Indiana Jones adventure! Tischendorf was a great Biblical scholar and a genius at translating old manuscripts. You can read the story of Constantin von Tischendorf in James Bentley's Secrets of Mount Sinai². To find out more about the Codex Sinaiticus have a look at the Wikipedia website.

Continued in: The King James Consiracy

1. Robert Charroux, Lost Worlds, Fontana UK 1974
2. James Bentley, Secrets of Mount Sinai, Orbis UK 1985