Greystanes – Merrylands West Anglican Church

Thanks to all who came to ‘Face to Face with the New Testament’ at Macquarie University last night. Everyone seemed to enjoy learning more about how the documents of the New Testament came down to us today.

Don mentioned the finding, by Count von Tischendorf, of Codex Sinaiticus, in 1859. For the purpose of the talk, he had to abbreviate the story a little –

If you’d like to read the full account – by Constantin von Tischendorf himself – settle back and enjoy reading through this extract from his 1866 book, When Were Our Gospels Written? An Argument by Constantine Tischendorf. With a Narrative of the Discovery of the Sinaitic Manuscript.

It’s been a sobering week for all Australians. On Monday afternoon, we were greeted with the tragic news about Steve Irwin. Totally unexpected. Swift, and hard to cope with. And then on Friday afternoon, we heard about Peter Brock. Equally tragic and unexpected.

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