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	* 7. David G. Burke, ed., Translation That Openeth the Window: Reflections on the History and Legacy of the King James Bible (Society of Biblical Literature, 2009), 201.		* 7. David G. Burke, ed., Translation That Openeth the Window: Reflections on the History and Legacy of the King James Bible (Society of Biblical Literature, 2009), 201.
	* 8. Roy E. Beacham and Kevin T. Bauder, One Bible Only? Examining Exclusive Claims for the King James Bible (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2001), 47.		* 8. Roy E. Beacham and Kevin T. Bauder, One Bible Only? Examining Exclusive Claims for the King James Bible (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2001), 47.
	* 9. Peter Ruckman, The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence (Pensacola: Pensacola Bible Press, 1990), 126, 138.		* 9. Peter Ruckman, The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence (Pensacola: Pensacola Bible Press, 1990), 126, 138.
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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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External Links

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	* [http://www.kjv1611.org/downloads.html Peter Ruckman Downloads]		* [http://www.kjv1611.org/downloads.html Peter Ruckman Downloads]
	* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xH9PBLdjKA Reter Ruckman Abortion Heresy] A pro Catholic, pro modern version clip, but with an excerpt of Ruckman's abortion position		* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xH9PBLdjKA Reter Ruckman Abortion Heresy] A pro Catholic, pro modern version clip, but with an excerpt of Ruckman's abortion position
			* [http://solascriptura-tt.org/Bibliologia-PreservacaoTT/1Jn5-7-Ruckman.htm Does 1 John 5:7 belong in the Bible?] by Peter Ruckman

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	* [http://www.kjv1611.org/downloads.html Peter Ruckman Downloads]		* [http://www.kjv1611.org/downloads.html Peter Ruckman Downloads]
	* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xH9PBLdjKA Reter Ruckman Abortion Heresy] A pro Catholic, pro modern version clip, but with an excerpt of Ruckman's abortion position		* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xH9PBLdjKA Reter Ruckman Abortion Heresy] A pro Catholic, pro modern version clip, but with an excerpt of Ruckman's abortion position

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			{{King James Onlyists}}
	'''Peter Sturges Ruckman''' "Doc" (born November 19, [[1921 AD\|1921]]), is an [[Independent Baptist]] minister, teacher, writer, and founder of [[Pensacola Bible Institute]], an unaccredited school in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with [[Pensacola Christian College]]). Ruckman is best known for his assertion that the [[King James Version]] constitutes "advanced revelation" and is the preserved word of God for [[English language\|English]] speakers.<sup>[1]</sup>		'''Peter Sturges Ruckman''' "Doc" (born November 19, [[1921 AD\|1921]]), is an [[Independent Baptist]] minister, teacher, writer, and founder of [[Pensacola Bible Institute]], an unaccredited school in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with [[Pensacola Christian College]]). Ruckman is best known for his assertion that the [[King James Version]] constitutes "advanced revelation" and is the preserved word of God for [[English language\|English]] speakers.<sup>[1]</sup>

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Pensacola Bible Institute

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	== Pensacola Bible Institute ==		== Pensacola Bible Institute ==
	In 1965 Ruckman founded Pensacola Bible Institute (PBI), in part, because of his disagreements with other institutions in regard to [[English translations of the Bible\|Biblical translations]]. Pensacola Bible Institute—unrelated to [[Pensacola Christian College]]—is not accredited by any agency recognized by the [[Council for Higher Education Accreditation]] or the [[United States Department of Education]].<sup>[]</sup> It does not accept government funding nor participate in the student loan program. The school has no website other than the [http://www.kjv1611.org Bible Baptist Bookstore] site.		In 1965 Ruckman founded Pensacola Bible Institute (PBI), in part, because of his disagreements with other institutions in regard to [[English translations of the Bible\|Biblical translations]]. Pensacola Bible Institute—unrelated to [[Pensacola Christian College]]—is not accredited by any agency recognized by the [[Council for Higher Education Accreditation]] or the [[United States Department of Education]].<sup>[]</sup> It does not accept government funding nor participate in the student loan program. The school has no website other than the [http://www.kjv1611.org Bible Baptist Bookstore] site.

			==Works==
			===Books===
			* [[1979 AD\|1979]] [[About the New Scofield Reference Bible by Peter Ruckman\|About the New Scofield Reference Bible]]
			* [[1997 AD\|1997]] [[Black Is Beautiful by Peter Ruckman\|Black Is Beautiful]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Peter Ruckman is a son of Colonel John Hamilton Ruckman (1888-1966) and a grandson of General John Wilson Ruckman ([[1858 AD\|1858]]-[[1921 AD\|1921]]). Ruckman was reared in Topeka, Kansas, attended Kansas State University, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama. Ruckman married Janie Bess May of Sawyerville, Alabama, and they had five children together.<sup>[]</sup>		A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Peter Ruckman is a son of Colonel John Hamilton Ruckman (1888-1966) and a grandson of General John Wilson Ruckman ([[1858 AD\|1858]]-[[1921 AD\|1921]]). Ruckman was reared in Topeka, Kansas, attended Kansas State University, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama. Ruckman married Janie Bess May of Sawyerville, Alabama, and they had five children together.<sup>[2]</sup>

	Ruckman entered the U.S. Army in 1944 and became second lieutenant, although he never saw action. At the end of [[World War II]], he volunteered to serve with the occupation forces in Japan and while there studied [[Zen]] Buddhism. Ruckman claimed to have had [[paranormal]] experiences during this period, including (in his words) "the experience of [[nirvana]], which the Zen call [[Samādhi (Buddhism)\|samadhi]], the dislocation of the spirit from the body....Looking at my moral life following that experience, and my desire at times to commit suicide, I realize I had produced a passive state that was an entrance for spirits." Ruckman returned to the United States "uneasy, unsettled, full of demons." Drinking heavily, he became a [[disc jockey]] during the day and a [[drum]]mer in various dance bands at night. Sometimes verging on suicide, he began to hear voices, and he met with a Jesuit priest to explore the possibility of joining the [[Roman Catholic Church]].		Ruckman entered the U.S. Army in 1944 and became second lieutenant, although he never saw action. At the end of [[World War II]], he volunteered to serve with the occupation forces in Japan and while there studied [[Zen]] Buddhism. Ruckman claimed to have had [[paranormal]] experiences during this period, including (in his words) "the experience of [[nirvana]], which the Zen call [[Samādhi (Buddhism)\|samadhi]], the dislocation of the spirit from the body....Looking at my moral life following that experience, and my desire at times to commit suicide, I realize I had produced a passive state that was an entrance for spirits." Ruckman returned to the United States "uneasy, unsettled, full of demons." Drinking heavily, he became a [[disc jockey]] during the day and a [[drum]]mer in various dance bands at night. Sometimes verging on suicide, he began to hear voices, and he met with a Jesuit priest to explore the possibility of joining the [[Roman Catholic Church]].

	On March 14, 1949, he was [[converted to Christianity]] after talking to evangelist Hugh Pyle in the studios of [[WEAR]] radio in Pensacola. Ruckman then attended [[Bob Jones University]] (BJU), where he received a master's degree and Ph.D. in religion.<sup>[]</sup> In 1959, after several separations, Ruckman's first marriage was dissolved. Ruckman has since been divorced again and married a third time.<sup>[]</sup>		On March 14, 1949, he was [[converted to Christianity]] after talking to evangelist Hugh Pyle in the studios of [[WEAR]] radio in Pensacola. Ruckman then attended [[Bob Jones University]] (BJU), where he received a master's degree and Ph.D. in religion.<sup>[3]</sup> In 1959, after several separations, Ruckman's first marriage was dissolved. Ruckman has since been divorced again and married a third time.<sup>[4]</sup>

	Ruckman is the pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Pensacola, and his writings and recorded sermons are published by his Bible Baptist Bookstore.<sup>[]</sup> Like his father, Peter Ruckman demonstrated artistic talent early in life, and he often illustrates his sermons in chalk and pastels while preaching.<sup>[]</sup>		Ruckman is the pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Pensacola, and his writings and recorded sermons are published by his Bible Baptist Bookstore.<sup>[5]</sup> Like his father, Peter Ruckman demonstrated artistic talent early in life, and he often illustrates his sermons in chalk and pastels while preaching.<sup>[6]</sup>

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	* 1. Peter Ruckman, The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence (Pensacola: Pensacola Bible Press, 1990), 126; the website of [[David Cloud]], another KJV-Only proponent, says that "For good or for bad, Peter Ruckman’s name is intertwined with the defense of the King James Bible. Personally, I think it is bad," because to some of his followers, "if a man does not believe about the KJV exactly what Ruckman believes and does not accept the KJV as 'advanced revelation' that can correct even the Greek and Hebrew from which it was translated and as the apex of Bible infallibility," he is “not a true Bible believer.” Furthermore, Cloud regards Ruckman a hindrance to the KJV-only position because of his "strange ideas, his multiple divorces, his angry spirit, his arrogance, his Alexandrian cult mentality, his extremism regarding the KJV being advanced revelation, and his bizarre private doctrines" that tend "to cause men to reject the entire issue."		* 1. Peter Ruckman, The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence (Pensacola: Pensacola Bible Press, 1990), 126; the website of [[David Cloud]], another KJV-Only proponent, says that "For good or for bad, Peter Ruckman’s name is intertwined with the defense of the King James Bible. Personally, I think it is bad," because to some of his followers, "if a man does not believe about the KJV exactly what Ruckman believes and does not accept the KJV as 'advanced revelation' that can correct even the Greek and Hebrew from which it was translated and as the apex of Bible infallibility," he is “not a true Bible believer.” Furthermore, Cloud regards Ruckman a hindrance to the KJV-only position because of his "strange ideas, his multiple divorces, his angry spirit, his arrogance, his Alexandrian cult mentality, his extremism regarding the KJV being advanced revelation, and his bizarre private doctrines" that tend "to cause men to reject the entire issue."
			* 2. [http://psruckman.com/ Website of P. S. Ruckman], Jr. Ruckman, Jr., a political scientist, provides biographies of his grandfather and great-grandfather but comparatively little information about his father except for a photograph of the rakish young man.
			* 3. Peter Ruckman, Dr. Ruckman's Testimony (audiotape), Bible Baptist Bookstore, n.d., quoted in [[R. L. Hymers, Jr.]], [http://www.despatch.cth.com.au/Books_V/RuckamnHymers2.htm#3 The Ruckman Conspiracy] (Collingswood, N. J.: The Bible for Today, 1989), 3-4, 19.
			* 4. By his own admission, Ruckman's earlier family life was turbulent: "I have had two wives desert me after fifteen years of marriage....I have been in court custody cases where seven children's futures were held in the balance; in situations where Gospel articles were being torn out of typewriters, Biblical artwork torn off the easels, women trying to throw themselves out of cars at fifty m.p.h., mailing wedding rings back in the middle of revival services, cutting their wrists, threatening to leave if I did not give my church to their kinfolk; deacons threatening to burn down my house and beat me up; children in split custody between two domiciles two hundred miles apart, and knock-down, drag-out arguments in the home sometimes running as long as three days." Peter Ruckman, The Last Grenade (Pensacola: Bible Baptist Bookstore, 1990), 339.
			* 5. The bookstore also sells coffee mugs featuring Ruckman's photograph and artwork. Bible Baptist Bookstore
			* 6. [http://psruckman.com/JHR.htm "John Hamilton Ruckman," at P. S. Ruckman, Jr. website]
			* 7. David G. Burke, ed., Translation That Openeth the Window: Reflections on the History and Legacy of the King James Bible (Society of Biblical Literature, 2009), 201.
			* 8. Roy E. Beacham and Kevin T. Bauder, One Bible Only? Examining Exclusive Claims for the King James Bible (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2001), 47.
			* 9. Peter Ruckman, The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence (Pensacola: Pensacola Bible Press, 1990), 126, 138.
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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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	'''Peter Sturges Ruckman''' "Doc" (born November 19, [[1921 AD\|1921]]), is an [[Independent Baptist]] minister, teacher, writer, and founder of [[Pensacola Bible Institute]], an unaccredited school in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with [[Pensacola Christian College]]). Ruckman is best known for his assertion that the [[King James Version]] constitutes "advanced revelation" and is the preserved word of God for [[English language\|English]] speakers.<sup>[]</sup>		'''Peter Sturges Ruckman''' "Doc" (born November 19, [[1921 AD\|1921]]), is an [[Independent Baptist]] minister, teacher, writer, and founder of [[Pensacola Bible Institute]], an unaccredited school in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with [[Pensacola Christian College]]). Ruckman is best known for his assertion that the [[King James Version]] constitutes "advanced revelation" and is the preserved word of God for [[English language\|English]] speakers.<sup>[1]</sup>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	A native of [[Wilmington, Delaware]], Peter Ruckman is a son of Colonel John Hamilton Ruckman (1888-1966) and a grandson of General [[John Wilson Ruckman]] ([[1858 AD\|1858]]-[[1921 AD\|1921]]). Ruckman was reared in [[Topeka, Kansas]], attended [[Kansas State University]], and received a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Alabama]]. Ruckman married Janie Bess May of Sawyerville, Alabama, and they had five children together.<sup>[]</sup>		A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Peter Ruckman is a son of Colonel John Hamilton Ruckman (1888-1966) and a grandson of General John Wilson Ruckman ([[1858 AD\|1858]]-[[1921 AD\|1921]]). Ruckman was reared in Topeka, Kansas, attended Kansas State University, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama. Ruckman married Janie Bess May of Sawyerville, Alabama, and they had five children together.<sup>[]</sup>

	Ruckman entered the [[U.S. Army]] in 1944 and became second lieutenant, although he never saw action. At the end of [[World War II]], he volunteered to serve with the ~~[[Occupied Japan\|~~occupation forces in Japan]] and while there studied [[Zen]] Buddhism. Ruckman claimed to have had [[paranormal]] experiences during this period, including (in his words) "the experience of [[nirvana]], which the Zen call [[Samādhi (Buddhism)\|samadhi]], the dislocation of the spirit from the body....Looking at my moral life following that experience, and my desire at times to commit suicide, I realize I had produced a passive state that was an entrance for spirits." Ruckman returned to the United States "uneasy, unsettled, full of demons." Drinking heavily, he became a [[disc jockey]] during the day and a [[drum]]mer in various dance bands at night. Sometimes verging on suicide, he began to hear voices, and he met with a Jesuit priest to explore the possibility of joining the [[Roman Catholic Church]].		Ruckman entered the U.S. Army in 1944 and became second lieutenant, although he never saw action. At the end of [[World War II]], he volunteered to serve with the occupation forces in Japan and while there studied [[Zen]] Buddhism. Ruckman claimed to have had [[paranormal]] experiences during this period, including (in his words) "the experience of [[nirvana]], which the Zen call [[Samādhi (Buddhism)\|samadhi]], the dislocation of the spirit from the body....Looking at my moral life following that experience, and my desire at times to commit suicide, I realize I had produced a passive state that was an entrance for spirits." Ruckman returned to the United States "uneasy, unsettled, full of demons." Drinking heavily, he became a [[disc jockey]] during the day and a [[drum]]mer in various dance bands at night. Sometimes verging on suicide, he began to hear voices, and he met with a Jesuit priest to explore the possibility of joining the [[Roman Catholic Church]].

	On March 14, 1949, he was [[converted to Christianity]] after talking to evangelist Hugh Pyle in the studios of [[WEAR]] radio in Pensacola. Ruckman then attended [[Bob Jones University]] (BJU), where he received a master's degree and Ph.D. in religion.<sup>[]</sup> In 1959, after several separations, Ruckman's first marriage was dissolved. Ruckman has since been divorced again and married a third time.<sup>[]</sup>		On March 14, 1949, he was [[converted to Christianity]] after talking to evangelist Hugh Pyle in the studios of [[WEAR]] radio in Pensacola. Ruckman then attended [[Bob Jones University]] (BJU), where he received a master's degree and Ph.D. in religion.<sup>[]</sup> In 1959, after several separations, Ruckman's first marriage was dissolved. Ruckman has since been divorced again and married a third time.<sup>[]</sup>
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

			* 1. Peter Ruckman, The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence (Pensacola: Pensacola Bible Press, 1990), 126; the website of [[David Cloud]], another KJV-Only proponent, says that "For good or for bad, Peter Ruckman’s name is intertwined with the defense of the King James Bible. Personally, I think it is bad," because to some of his followers, "if a man does not believe about the KJV exactly what Ruckman believes and does not accept the KJV as 'advanced revelation' that can correct even the Greek and Hebrew from which it was translated and as the apex of Bible infallibility," he is “not a true Bible believer.” Furthermore, Cloud regards Ruckman a hindrance to the KJV-only position because of his "strange ideas, his multiple divorces, his angry spirit, his arrogance, his Alexandrian cult mentality, his extremism regarding the KJV being advanced revelation, and his bizarre private doctrines" that tend "to cause men to reject the entire issue."

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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	::“The King James test is the last and final statement that God has given to the world, and He has given it in the universal language of the 20th century ... The truth is that GOD SLAMMED THE DOOR OF REVELATION SHUT IN 389 BC AND SLAMMED IT SHUT AGAIN IN 1611” <sup>[n]</sup>(Peter Ruckman, The Monarch of Books, Pensacola, 1973, p. 9).		::“The King James test is the last and final statement that God has given to the world, and He has given it in the universal language of the 20th century ... The truth is that GOD SLAMMED THE DOOR OF REVELATION SHUT IN 389 BC AND SLAMMED IT SHUT AGAIN IN 1611” <sup>[n]</sup>(Peter Ruckman, The Monarch of Books, Pensacola, 1973, p. 9).

			==View on Abortion==

			::"I don't teach that abortion is murder, like the brethren do"

			::"You don't want to get hung up on those things. Some of the brethren get so hung up on this thing, 'abortion is murder, abortion is murder', they show you pictures. Well they're trying to prove, they're trying to prove the thing looks like a person that is a person. That's what Darwin taught. You gotta watch that business. You can take an embryo of an animal and prove it looks like an embryo of a person. That doesn't make it a person. You gotta watch that business. You go around start prove that thing is a person before that thing is born, then you got that matter of salvation. And the first thing you know you'll be up there at the Catholic hospital dumpin' water on them so they don't go to limbo. You gotta watch that kind of stuff. Now I'll grant you the child is an organism, I'll grant you that. But they're a lot of organisms. I'll grant you the child may be alive in the sense of animal life, I'll grant you that. I'll grant you it's an embryo, I'll grant you that. But if you talking about a living soul see, I read my bible there's no living soul till the Lord breathed in his nostrils the breath of life."

			::"Now if you ever start teaching the other, and maybe some of you fellows subscribe that way, you gonna have some real problems. When all those Indians and Hindus came into Bangladesh and Pakistan and raped about 2000 women and left them with about 800 illegitimate children, the good Catholic nuns, in order to increase the membership to the local church, decided it'd be a terrible sin to have any abortion. So the will of God for 800 women who were abused against their will to bear children for the Roman Catholic Church. I don't believe it!"

			Taken from one of Ruckman's sermons.

	==Controversialist==		==Controversialist==

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The KJV is Superior to the Originals

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	Not surprisingly, Ruckman's position on the authority of the KJV is strongly opposed by many supporters of [[biblical inerrancy]], including signers of the [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]] who specifically "deny that any essential element of the Christian faith is affected by the absence of the autographs [and] further deny that this absence renders the assertion of Biblical inerrancy invalid or irrelevant." KJV-Only supporters are sometimes called "Ruckmanites," and those who take more moderate KJV-Only positions frequently criticize Ruckman because "his writings are so acerbic, so offensive and mean-spirited that the entire movement has become identified with his kind of confrontational attitude."<sup>[]</sup> Many supporters of the [[King James Only movement]] reject Ruckman's position that the English KJV is superior to existing Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.<sup>[]</sup>		Not surprisingly, Ruckman's position on the authority of the KJV is strongly opposed by many supporters of [[biblical inerrancy]], including signers of the [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]] who specifically "deny that any essential element of the Christian faith is affected by the absence of the autographs [and] further deny that this absence renders the assertion of Biblical inerrancy invalid or irrelevant." KJV-Only supporters are sometimes called "Ruckmanites," and those who take more moderate KJV-Only positions frequently criticize Ruckman because "his writings are so acerbic, so offensive and mean-spirited that the entire movement has become identified with his kind of confrontational attitude."<sup>[]</sup> Many supporters of the [[King James Only movement]] reject Ruckman's position that the English KJV is superior to existing Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.<sup>[]</sup>

	==The KJV is Superior to the ~~Originals~~==		==The KJV is Superior to the Original Language Texts==

	Some quotations by Peter Ruckman concerning the belief that the King James Version is superior to the original Greek and Hebrew.		Some quotations by Peter Ruckman concerning the belief that the King James Version is superior to the original Greek and Hebrew.

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-'''Peter Sturges Ruckman'''  (born November 19, [[1921 AD|1921]]), is an [[Independent Baptist]] minister, teacher, writer, and founder of [[Pensacola Bible Institute]], an unaccredited school in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with [[Pensacola Christian College]]). Ruckman is best known for his assertion that the [[King James Version]] constitutes "advanced revelation" and is the preserved word of God for [[English language|English]] speakers.<sup>[]</sup>
+'''Peter Sturges Ruckman'''  "Doc" (born November 19, [[1921 AD|1921]]), is an [[Independent Baptist]] minister, teacher, writer, and founder of [[Pensacola Bible Institute]], an unaccredited school in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with [[Pensacola Christian College]]). Ruckman is best known for his assertion that the [[King James Version]] constitutes "advanced revelation" and is the preserved word of God for [[English language|English]] speakers.<sup>[]</sup>
 ==Biography==
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 Not surprisingly, Ruckman's position on the authority of the KJV is strongly opposed by many supporters of [[biblical inerrancy]], including signers of the [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]] who specifically "deny that any essential element of the Christian faith is affected by the absence of the autographs [and] further deny that this absence renders the assertion of Biblical inerrancy invalid or irrelevant." KJV-Only supporters are sometimes called "Ruckmanites," and those who take more moderate KJV-Only positions frequently criticize Ruckman because "his writings are so acerbic, so offensive and mean-spirited that the entire movement has become identified with his kind of confrontational attitude."<sup>[]</sup> Many supporters of the [[King James Only movement]] reject Ruckman's position that the English KJV is superior to existing Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.<sup>[]</sup>
 ==Controversialist==