   a historical account of two notable corruptions of scripture is a dissertation by the english mathematician and scholar sir isaac newton. this was sent in a letter to john locke on 14 november 1690 and built upon the textual work of richard simon and his own research. the text was first published in english in 1754, 27 years after his death. the account claimed to review all the textual evidence available from ancient sources on two disputed bible passages:  and . newton describes this letter as "an account of what the reading has been in all ages, and what steps it has been changed, as far as i can hitherto determine by records",an historical account, p. 1 and "a criticism concerning a text of scripture".an historical account, p. 2 he blames "the roman church" for many abuses in the world and accuses it of "pious frauds". he adds that "the more learned and quick-sighted men, as luther, erasmus, bullinger, grotius, and some others, would not dissemble their knowledge".an historical account, pp. 1â2 ==1 john 5:7==  in the king james version bible, 1 john 5:7 reads:  using the writings of the early church fathers, the greek and latin manuscripts and the testimony of the first versions of the bible, newton claims to have demonstrated that the words "in heaven, the father, the word, and the holy ghost: and these three are one," that support the trinity doctrine, did not appear in the original greek scriptures. he then attempts to demonstrate that the purportedly spurious reading crept into the latin versions, first as a marginal note, and later into the text itself. he noted that "the Ãthiopic, syriac, arabic, armenian, and slavonic versions, still in use in the several eastern nations, ethiopia, egypt, syria, mesopotamia, armenia, muscovy, and some others, are strangers to this reading".an historical account, p. 25 he arguedan historical 
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