St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-12-31
TIsCHEHDORF's GREAT DIsc0v.
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The St. Petersburgh correspondent
Of London paper, who has seen in the
imperial public library the interesting
Biblical mahascripts discovered by Prof.
Tischendorf, speaks of Them thus:
The most Interesting feature in the
exhibition is the very Oldest Greek man.
uscript Of the Bible extant, q 'dfoa*;;ment
Of the utmost moment, and bespeaking
the gravest attention Of the whole
Christian G. Church. Besides the impor-
tant and valuable contents of the Old
Testament, Of the same text as that
used by the apostles in their quotations,
the madrss55ttfPlt c53sS';tafns the whole Of
the New Testament. The various Eu-
ropean Libraries all possess many manu.
script copies of the Bible, but not {.
Single one Of the fes written before the
tenth century, that contains all the New
Testament. The two hitherto regard
ed as the oldest and most complete, and
held in highest estimation, are those in
the libraries at Rome and London -
But the former wants four entire epis-
ties IF St. Par!, a9d nearly the half of
another, as also the Book of Revelation ;
while in tie latter the whole of the
Gospel OF St. Mathew is missing, as
we'll as some parts Of St. Jdt. ssnd the
Pauline epistles
Th. mani man t5Gt;Ptt 1i;t; j aiscoyered at Mount
Sinai, and now brought to St. Peters,
burh, is not defective in the smallest
degree; on the contrary, it contains two
works even in addition, one complete,
the other partially so. In the second
and third centuries, these latter was in
cluded in the cannon of Holy Writ.
and always received the deepest rcver-
.ence as precious heir looms Of the earli-
est inspiration of the Church of Christ.
One Of them, the Epistle Of Barnabss,
nearly the whole 'cf the first half has
been wanting until now, in the original
Greek text; while cf the other, only
one very iihpe:ffact copy was known to
exist up to three years ago. The date
Prof: Tischendorf, who is, perhaps,
the greatest authority f the present
time in tfs@ peculiar province Of learn
ing, at the beginning Of the 4th centu-
ry-consequently, in the time of Con-
stantinc the Gr1ess Gr1eesss., '4nd of the first
Ecumenical Councils, No other copy
Of the Bible is Of higher antiquity
than this, indeed, the far, famed Codex
Vaticanus is the only one that can at
all put in any claims of competition
These writings, drawn from the graves
Of ages as living witnesses to the pres
ent generation Of the inspired authori-
ty of the apostolic Scriptures, have, at
the instance of Prof: Tischendorf, been
decided by the reverend brotherhood
of Sinaites as an Offering to the lmpe-
rial person w.o is the acknowledged
head and defender of the orthodox
church.
BY the recovery and acquisition Of
these precious heirlootts Of the distant
times of Christian faith, St. Peters
burgh enjoys bloodless victory over
the hitherto more favored cities of
London and Rome. The great capital
Of the North HOW Offers resting place
for the earliest records Of Holy Writ,
sacred trcasett4es which, in secure repose
at the foot of the Mount Of Moses
the holy mount followed by the far off
! memories of thousands Of years-have
survived, as by miracle Of Providence,
throug h all the storms Of the thmcltd-
Gus centuries Of the past.