Dean Burgon Society

From Textus Receptus

The Dean Burgon Society is an organization that promotes and defends the King James Bible and the underlying Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. It should not be confused with the academic Burgon Society. They are separate organizations.

The Dean Burgon Society is an organization which promotes the so called King James Only position through publications and seminar, although D. A. Waite the current head of the society has claimed that "King James Only" is a slanderous term. They make extensive amounts of information available online, as well as selling printed material.

The society is named after Dean Burgon, who made a strong stand in support for the King James Bible. He also against Westcott and Hort, and the Revised Version of the bible.

Theodore Letis & Edward Hills

Theodore Letis asked Edward Hills about the Dean Burgon Society. Letis explains:

As a young undergraduate I recall how excited I was to receive an invitation in the mail to attend the founding of a new organization to be called: “The Dean Burgon Society.” Earlier I had borrowed a copy of Burgon’s Revision Revised all the way from the Evangelical Library in England, and was an immediate disciple. When I contacted Edward Hills with this exciting news, another Burgonian and author of the book that began the 20th century revival of interest in Burgon with his 1956 publication: The King James Version Defended (it was he who would also eventually became my mentor), his reply was rather deprecating: he said that he, too, had received this invitation but would not be going. When I asked why not he said the following to me in a personal letter:

October 3, 1978

Dear Ted,

I heard about the proposed meeting of the Burgon Society in August. In fact, I received an invitation by way of the same form letter. I was thinking of going, but I have not decided it would be worth the expense involved…. This Burgon society seems to be started by Don Waite for his own glorification. He sent me a nervy questionnaire which everyone who attends the meeting is supposed to fill out. When were you saved and where. Your age, wife’s age, children, schools attended beginning with high school, positions held, church affiliation, why you want to join the Burgon society, etc., etc. Some people “have more crust than a pie factory.” You would think that Don Waite had some $75,000 job to offer me…. They ought to call the society the Wilkerson Society. Most of them are following Wilkinson’s 7th Day Adventist approach.[i.e.] The true text was corrupted by Constantine and the Roman Catholic Church. The true text was preserved by the Bogomiles, the Albigensians, and the Waldensians. But this 7th Day Adventist approach does not agree with the fact that the King James Version is a translation of the Textus Receptus which is the text preserved by the medieval Greek Church plus a few readings from the Latin Vulgate which is the text preserved by the medieval Roman Church. Hence, when Baptists try to defend the King James Version, they are up a tree, scholastically speaking…. In short, these Baptist defenders of the KJV are terribly confused. Sometimes they follow Wilkinson, sometimes Burgon, sometimes they follow [Zane] Hodges, who ignors the special providence of God altogether. If I went to the meeting, I would probably try to straighten these Baptists out and make enemies. So I will just keep quiet and try to uncurl their crooked thinking with my books…

Edward F. Hills

External Links

Articles

Which Text Which Foundation - An Explanation of why I use the King James Bible The Dean Burgon Society's 2002 Annual Meeting - Pastor David L. Brown, Ph.D.

Dean Burgon

A Brief Summary of Inspiration and Interpretation by John William Burgon

Summary of The Traditional Text by John William Burgon

Who Was Dean John William Burgon? by D. A. Waite and Mrs. D. A. Waite

Dean Burgon Society

The Reply of Pastor D. A. Waite, Th.D., Ph.D. by D. A. Waite

Highlights of DBS 2005 Messages by Daniel S. Waite

DBS 2003 Review by Daniel S. Waite

The Dean Burgon Society Deserves Its Name Ten Reasons Why by D. A. Waite

Articles of Faith, Operation & Organization November 3-4, 1978

Bible Preservation

A Response To A Critique of “Word-For-Word Translating” by H. D. Williams June 2009

The Miracle of Biblical Inspiration by H. D. Williams

Biblical Preservation: B. B. Warfield and the Reformation Doctrine of the Providential Preservation of the Biblical Text by Rev. Mr. Louis DeBoer

Producing an Accurate and Faithful Translation of the Words of God by H. D. Williams

Mark Them Which Cause Divisions by Paul Ferguson

Postmodernism and the Emergent Church by Jeffrey Khoo

A Review of Jack Sins Article, "A Grave Matter: Verity, Sagacity and Clarity in the Textual Debate" by Biak Lawm Thang

Kicking against the Pricks: The SCCC Contradicts the ICCC on VPP] by Jeffrey Khoo

The Westcott and Hort Only Controversy by Phil Stringer

The Lord Jesus Christ's View of Scripture by John A. Kohler III

The Received Text For The World by Phil Stringer

Revelation 14:1 A Lamb Or The Lamb? by H. D. Williams

Revelation 14:1 A Lamb Or The Lamb? (in pdf format) by H. D. Williams

A Tribute to the Menace Blog "VPP HERESY" by Paul Ferguson

Trinitarian Bible Society, Verbal Plenary Preservation, And The Texts Underlying The Authorized Version by Paul Ferguson

Making the Word of God of None Effect by Jeffrey Khoo

Mistakes in the Bible? by Jeffrey Khoo

Fundamentalists Battle Bible Preservation (in pdf format) by D. A. Waite

Inspired Textual Criticism? (in pdf format) by Jeffrey Khoo

A Case For the Present Perfection and Authority of the Holy Scriptures by Jeffrey Khoo

A Plea For A Perfect Bible (in pdf format) by Jeffrey Khoo

Bob Jones University, Neo-Fundamentalism, and Biblical Preservation (in pdf format) by Jeffrey Khoo

Charity...Rejoiceth in the Truth: A Critique of Schnaiter and Tagliapietra's Bible Preservation and the Providence of God by Thomas M. Strouse

Francis Turretin on The Holy Scriptures by Robert Barnett

From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man by Thomas M. Strouse

Fundamentalist Deception on Bible Preservation D. A. Waite

God's Ark of Divine Providential Preservation by Robert Barnett

God's Nectar Preserved by Robert Barnett

God's Words - God's Integrity by Ron Tottingham,

How The Book of Joel Was Preserved by Joel R. Grassi

Jobs Plea for Preservation by Doug Sherrill

Our Past Historical Perspective Defends an Infallible Bible by Robert Barnett

Missionary Martyr by J. Paul Reno

Possessing an Infallible Bible by Robert Barnett

Pre-existent Truth Preserved by J. Paul Reno

The DBS Statement on the Providential Preservation of the Holy Scriptures Approved by the Executive Committee of the Dean Burgon Society, Incorporated July 29, 1982 in Philadelphia

The Issue, The Preservation of Scripture The Apologetic Section 7/2003

The Mechanisms For The Preservation Of The Words Of God by H. D. Williams

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth by Pastor Doug Sherrill, A Member of the DBS

A Public Response to Mr Lim Seng Hoo's Open Letter and Paper Against the Verbal Plenary Preservation of Scripture by Jeffrey Khoo

Contending In Truth, and Truth Affirms The VPP Of Scripture by Jeffrey Khoo

My Reply to James D Price's Review of "A Plea for a Perfect Bible" by Jeffrey Khoo

God's Purity or Man's Perversity-Which? by Denis Gibson

Luke 16:17 -- One Tittle by Thomas M. Strouse

Can Verbal Plenary Inspiration Do Without Verbal Plenary Preservation? (in pdf format) by Jeffrey Khoo

Bruce Metzger and the Curse of Textual Criticism by Jeffrey Khoo

Inspiration, Preservation, and Translations (in pdf format) by Jeffrey Khoo

Lost Words in Our Bible? by Jeffrey Khoo

FEBC Faculty United on Verbal Plenary Preservation (VPP) Jeffrey Khoo

Christ's Use of Targums by Thomas M. Strouse

Biblical Authority by Jeffrey Khoo

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