“In fact, most of the changes found in early Christian manuscripts have nothing to do with theology or ideology. Far and away the most changes are the result of mistakes pure and simple slips of the pen, accidental omissions, inadvertent additions, misspelled words, blunders of one sort or another.” FactsChristianFoundSimpleResultsMistakePureTheologyIdeologyPensSlipsManuscriptsBlundersOmissionMisspelled Words Book:Whose Word is It?: The Story Behind who Changed the New Testament and why Source: Whose Word is It?: The Story Behind who Changed the New Testament and why
“In the entire first Christian century Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher or poet. His name never occurs in a single inscription, and it is never found in a single piece of private correspondence. Zero! Zip references!” FirstsChristianFoundJesusNamesPiecesCenturyPoetPoliticianPhilosopherGreekZeroHistorianScholarCorrespondenceInscriptionsZips Author:Bart D. Ehrman