Go Ye, And Make Disciples of All Nations in My Name

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"Go ye, and make disciples of all nations in my name''

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Some !se#ations on a $ecent Edition of and Intod%ction to S&emTo!'s

"(e!e) Matt&e)"*William L. Petersen, The Pennsylvania State University:

http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/vol03/Petersen1!a.html

TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, 1!.

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%n Shem$To&'s (e&re) "atthe), the *+reat Commission* &ecomes: *+o an teach themto carry o-t all the things )hich % have commane yo- orever.*

A $esponse to +illiam L* Petesen's $e#ie) of (e!e) Gospel of Matt&e)*+eorge (o)ar, University o +eorgia:

http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/vol0/(o)ar1.html

TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, 1.

!. %n this section % consier the short ening o "atthe) in Shem$To&'s (e&re)"atthe) an a similar short ening that . C. Cony&eare o&serve in some man-scriptso 2-se&i-s. Cony&eare s-ggeste that the short ening in 2-se&i-s, lacing theTrinitarian &aptismal orm-la, )as relecte in 4-stin "artyr 56ial. 3, 738 an (ermas5Sim. .#9.8 5see Cony&eare 1018. thers have ae ne) evience or a short eningo "atthe), an this evience is isc-sse as )ell.

;eerence:Cony&eare, . C. 101. *The 2-se&ian orm o the Te


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o-r Lor 4es-s Christ, Keathley sai, to )hich the e


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@cts !:1 *or as yet he HitI)as allen -pon none o them: only t&ey )ee !apti2ed int&e name of t&e Lod es%s**

@cts 10:! *@n he commane them to !e !apti2ed in t&e name of t&e Lod.*

@cts 1:7 *When they hear this, t&ey )ee !apti2ed in t&e name of t&e Lod es%s .*

@cts ##:1 *. . . arise, an !e !apti2ed, an )ash a)ay thy sins, callin3 on t&e name oft&e Lod.*

1Cor 1:1#$17 *Oo) this % say, that every one o yo- saith, % am o Pa-lN an % o @pollosNan % o CephasN an % o Christ. %s Christ ivieA )as Pa%l c%cified fo yo%; o )eeye !apti2ed in t&e name of Pa%l; % than +o that % &aptiMe none o yo-, &-t Crisp-san +ai-sN Lest any s&o%ld say t&at I &ad !apti2ed in mine o)n name* *

H2itors note: Pa-l is implying here that the e) &aptisms that he perorme there,)itho-t the -se o )ater, &-t rather in spirit, as e


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or the po)ers o orinary Te


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.emonstratio (/an0elicahe )rites th-s 5col. #0, p.138:

*or he i not enJoin them to 'mae isciples o all the nations' simply an )itho-tB-aliication, &-t )ith the essential aition 'in his name.' or so great )as the virt-eattache to this appellation that the @postle HPa-lI says: '+o &esto)e on him the namea&ove every name, that in the name o 4es-s every nee shall &o), o things in heaven

an on earth an -ner the earth.' %t )as right thereore that he H4es-sI sho-l emphasisethe virt-e o the po)er resiing in his name &-t hien rom the many, an thereore sayto his @postles: '+o ye, an mae isciples o all nations in "y name.' * 5"ibbert JournalB-oting 2-se&i-s8

Cony&eare contin-es, *%t is evient that this H*in "y name*I )as the te


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hear the )or an )ere )illing to &e !apti2ed in t&e name of t&e Lod* 5emphasismine8

The"ibbert Journal notes that rigen B-otes "att.#!:1 three times$$$ening the B-otea&r-ptly at *nations* each time an *that in itsel s-ggests that his te


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*%t loos, thereore, as tho-gh the )ors got into the te


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"atthe) #!:1 is once cite$$&-t as rom a gnostic heretic, name Theoot-s, an not asrom the canonical te


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all means, contact me )ith that inormation so that % may -pate, revise, correct, or evenremove$$i isproven, the inormation % present here. Than yo-

@-thors 2mail: ?rian (oec

1! Tr-th n The We& "inistries: @ll the articles originate &y Kenneth (oec or?rian (oec may &e reely istri&-te or mirrore as long as presente in their entirety

5incl-ing this statement8, attri&-te to Tr-th on The We&, an that proper a-thor creit isgiven.

=A$IUS >UTES

=aio%s >%otes fom ?ooks, -ommentaies, and .ictionaies elatin3 to Matt&e)

01:67

http://))).gogloriie.com/vario-sB-otes.htm

4om Our God Is OneTalmad3e 4enc&, 6777, pa3e 06@:

*+enerally, the neness position has &een the complete harmoniMation o the "attheane


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T&id Edition, 6760, pa3es D8CD81:

*n the te


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or simply *the Lor 4es-s* 5@cts !:1N 1:78.*

@lso present in William @rnol %%% page:http://))).apostolic.net/&i&licalst-ies/)oronmatt#!1.htm

"istory of Do*!a, =ol* 6, Adolp& (anack, 671, pa3e C7 fn*:

*%t cannot &e irectly prove that 4es-s instit-te &aptism, or "atthe) #!:1 is not asaying o the Lor. The reason or this assertion are: 518 %t is only a later stage o thetraition that represents the risen Christ as elivering speeches an giving

commanments. Pa-l no)s nothing o it. 5#8 The Trinitarian orm-la is oreign to themo-th o 4es-s an has not the a-thority o the @postolic age )hich it m-st have ha i it

ha escene rom 4es-s himsel. n the other han, Pa-l no)s o no other )ay oreceiving the +entiles into the Christian comm-nities than &y &aptism, an it is highly

pro&a&le that in the time o Pa-l all 4e)ish Christians )ere also &aptiMe. We mayperhaps ass-me that the practice o &aptism )as contin-e in conseB-ence o 4es-s'

recognition o 4ohn the ?aptist an his &aptism, even ater 4ohn himsel ha &eenremove. @ccoring to 4ohn :#, 4es-s himsel &aptiMe not, &-t his isciples -ner his

s-perintenence. %t is possi&le only )ith the help o traition to trace &ac to 4es-s a*Sacrament o ?aptism,* or an o&ligation to it ex necessitate salutis, thro-gh it is crei&lethat traition is correct here. ?aptism in the @postolic age )as in the name of the $ord

Jesus 51 Cor. 1:13N @cts 1:78. We cannot mae o-t )hen the orm-la in the name of the4ather and of the Son and of the "ol) Spiritemerge.*

The #eat of Authority in 2eli*ion, ames Matinea%, 678, pa3e @1:

*The very acco-nt )hich tells -s that at the last, ater his res-rrection, he commissionehis apostles to go an &aptiMe among all nations 5"t #!:18 &etraye itsel &y speaing inthe Trinitarian lang-age o the ne


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Pamphil-s, at Caesarea in Palestine, some at least preserve the original reaing, in)hich there )as no mention either o ?aptism or o ather, Son, an (oly +host. %t ha&een conJect-re &y 6r. 6avison, 6r. "artinea-, &y the present 6ean o Westminister,an &y Pro. (arnac 5to mention &-t a e) names o-t o many8, that here the receive

te


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A -ollection of E#idence A3ainst t&e

Taditional +odin3 of Matt&e) 01:67&y

Clinton 6. Willis

http://))).apostolic.net/&i&licalst-ies/matt#!1$)illis.htmT&e Encyclopedia of $eli3ion and Et&ics:

@s to "atthe) #!:1, it says: %t is the central piece o evience or the traitional5Trinitarian8 vie). % it )ere -nisp-te, this )o-l, o co-rse, &e ecisive, &-t itstr-st)orthiness is imp-gne on gro-ns o te


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5Trinitarian8 orm-la as erive rom early 5Catholic8 Christian, perhaps Syrian orPalestinian, &aptismal -sage 5c 6iache 9:1$8, an as a &rie s-mmary o the 5Catholic8

Ch-rch's teaching a&o-t +o, Christ, an the Spirit:...*

T&e Sc&aff(e2o3 Encyclopedia of $eli3io%s no)led3e:

*4es-s, ho)ever, cannot have given (is isciples this Trinitarian orer o &aptism ater(is res-rrectionN or the Oe) Testament no)s only one &aptism in the name o 4es-s5@cts #:3!N !:1N 10:3N 1:7N +al. 3:#9N ;om. :3N 1 Cor. 1:13$178, )hich still occ-rs

even in the secon an thir cent-ries, )hile the Trinitarian orm-la occ-rs only in "att.#!:1, an then only again 5in the8 6iache 9:1 an 4-stin, @pol. 1:1...inally, the

istinctly lit-rgical character o the orm-la...is strangeN it )as not the )ay o 4es-s tomae s-ch orm-las... t&e fomal a%t&enticity of Matt* 01:67 m%st !e disp%ted...* page

37.

T&e e%salem ?i!le, a sc&olaly -at&olic )ok, states:

*%t may &e that this orm-la, 5Tri-ne "atthe) #!:18 so ar as the -llness o itse


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HchangeI to )or in the Hlater Catholic TrinitarianI ogma. %n act, the irst vie) p-tor)ar &y +erman critical scholars as )ell as the Unitarians in the nineteenth cent-ry,)as state as the accepte position o mainline scholarship as long ago as 11, )henPeae's commentary )as irst p-&lishe: *The Ch-rch o the irst ays 5@6 338 i not

o&serve this )orl$)ie 5Trinitarian8 commanment, even i they ne) it. The comman

to &aptiMe into the threeol HTrinityI name is a late doctinal e


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"ysteries, or sacraments, )ere al)ays the instit-tion o the Lor o the c-ltN &y them, an&y them only, )ere its s-pernat-ral &eneits o&taine &y the aith-l. Oevertheless, i

evience co-nts or anything, e) points in the pro&lem o the +ospels are so clear as theimpro&a&ility o this teaching.

The reason or this assertion is the a&sence o any mention o Christian &aptism in "ar,

, or the thir +ospel, an the s-spicio-s nat-re o the acco-nt o its instit-tion in"atthe) #!:1: *+o ye into all the )orl, an mae isciples o all +entiles 5nations8,&aptiMing them in the name o the ather, the Son, an the (oly Spirit.* %t is not even

certain )hether this verse o-ght to &e regare as part o the gen-ine te


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&aptism, )hile the less -s-al orm-la ha a chance o escaping notice )hen it )as only-se incientally.*

T&e -at&olic Uni#esity of Ameica in +as&in3ton, .* -* 670D, /e)

Testament St%dies /%m!e :

The Lor's Comman To ?aptiMe @n (istorical Critical %nvestigation. ?y ?ernar (enryC-neo page #9. *The passages in @cts an the Letters o St. Pa-l. These passages seem topoint to the earliest orm as &aptism in the name o the Lor.* @lso )e in. *%s it

possi&le to reconcile these acts )ith the &elie that Christ commane his isciples to&aptiMe in the tri-ne ormA (a Christ given s-ch a comman, it is -rge, the @postolic

Ch-rch )o-l have ollo)e him, an )e sho-l have some trace o this o&eience in theOe) Testament. Oo s-ch trace can &e o-n. The only e


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-at&olic -adinal osep& $at2in3e:

(e maes this conession as to the origin o the chie Trinity te


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6ictionary o the ?i&le 5@rt. on ?aptism, p. #7#8 )rites: *The baptismal formula in 2t,=>- 19 is in all authorities *ithout exception.* @n ;enan in his )or$es (/an0ilesch. )rites o this te


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Son o +o, sai to (is isciples ater (is ;es-rrection: *Go and make disciples of allt&e nations,'' an ae: *Teaching them to o&serve all things, )hatsoever % havecommane yo-.'' or (e i not &i them to teach the la)s o "oses to all nations, &-t*hatsoe/er "e "imself had commanded: that is to say, the contents o the +ospelsIHnline at: e-se&i-se03&oo1.htmI

7* 6emonstr. 2vang. %, , p. ! 5)here also B-otes %s.#:3,8: TiR ah eih o e Si)nproelhl-B)R nomoR... 5%s.#:3,8 all h o e-aggelioR logoR o ia to- s)throR hm)n%hso- to- Cristo- ai t)n apostol)n a-to- e thR Si)n proelhl-B)R ai ielB)n pantata eBnhN prohlon gar )R apo thR %ero-salhm ai to- ta-th prosparaeimeno- Si)noro-R... o thR ainhR iaBhhR a-to- ar


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*can )e o itA *?y )hat po)er shall )e ever s-rvive o-r aring attemptA* ?-t )hilethe isciples o 4es-s )ere most liely either saying th-s, or thining th-s, the 2astersol/ed their difficulties- b) the addition of one phrase- sa)in0 the) should triumph *InMH /AME.*4or "e did not bid them simpl) and indefinitel) make disciples of allnations- but *ith the necessar) addition of*In my /ame.*And the po*erof"is %a!e

bein0 so 0reat, that the apostle says: *+o has given him a name )&ic& is a!o#e e#eyname, that in t&e nameo 4es-s every nee sho-l &o), o things in heaven, an thingsin earth, an things -ner the earth,* (e she)e the virt-e o the po)er in (is /ameconceale rom the cro) *hen "e said to "is disciples: *Go, and make disciples of allnations in my /ame.*I

60* 6emonstr. 2vang. %%%, 9, col. #, p. 13! 5(ere is )hat, ater )elling on theec-menical sprea o Christianity 2-se&i-s esires -s, again this also occ-rs in the SyriacTheophania v, , )itho-t any ierence8: s-nomologein me all)R a-to-R erathenaito- tolmhmatoR h Beiotera ai )per anBr)pon -namei ai s-nergia to- JhsantoR a-toiRMa&te%sate panta ta en& en t) onomati mo%. To-to o-n eip)n epis-nhyenepaggelian, i hR emellon epiBarrein ai proB-m)R epiionai sJaR a-to-R toiR

parhghlmennoiR Jhsi go-n a-toiR, Kai io- eg) meB -m)n eimi pasaR taR emeraRe)R thR s-nteleiaR to- ai)noR H% am irresisti&ly orce to retrace my steps, an searchor their ca-se, an to coness that they co-l only have s-cceee in their aringvent-re, &y a po)er more ivine, an more strong than man's, an b) the cooperation of"im !ho said to them: *Make disciples of all t&e nations in my /ame.* @n *hen "esaid this"e appended a promise, that )o-l ens-re their co-rage an reainess to evotethemselves to carrying o-t"is commands.4or "e said to them: *@n loQ % am )ith yo-all the ays, even -nto the en o the )orl.*I

H10, 11 an 1# can &e o-n #nlineat:http://))).tert-llian.org/e-se&i-se07&oo3.htmII

6D* 6emonstr. 2vang. %, 11, col. 3, p. 7 5)here is inserte an e


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he again concee the oracle o +o, in the )or )hich he spae to his isciples, the)ea ones, saying, 6Go )e and make disciples of all the peoples,,, These things then 5scil.(o) can )e o thisA (o) preach to the ;omans etc.8 his isciples o o-r Savio-r )o-leither have sai or tho-ght, so &y a single aition o a )or, he resolve the s-m othose things o )hich they o-&te, the s-m o them he committe to them in that he

sai, ye conB-er in m) name5lit. in nomine meo proprio8. or it )as not that he orerethem simply an )itho-t iscriminating, to 0o and make disciples of all peoples, &-t )iththis important aition, that he sai,n m) name 5lit. in nomine meo proprio8.

6@* 51#8. Theophania R, , p. 33: *% am again compelle to rec-r to the B-estion oca-se, an coness that they 5the 6isciples8 co-l not other)ise have -nertaen thisenterprise than &y a ivine po)er )hich e


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should 0o around and make disciples of all nations. ?-t o necessity &e ae themystery o cleansing. or it )as right, that those )ho sho-l &e converte rom amongthe heathen, sho-l &e cleanse &y his po)er rom all poll-tion an -ncleannessN &eca-sethey ha &een eile &y the error o emons, an ha &een holen &y the )orship oiols, an &y -ncleanness o all sorts &-t ha no) irst &een change rom that lie o

a&omination an la)less practices. These very persons then, i he amonish to teach, $$ater this cleansing )hich is &y the mystery o his octrine, $$ not, that they sho-lo&serve the precepts o the 4e)s, nor yet the la) o "oses, &-t all those things )hich hecommane them to o&serve... (e necessarily thereore stirre them -p, an mae themreaily to conie, $ to -nertae the circuit of all peoples and to makedisciples of allraceso men, thro-gh the promise &y )hich he co-nsele them, saying: ?ehol, % myselam )ith yo-.

67* (istoria 2cclesiastica %%%, 7, #: epi e th to- hr-gmatoR iasalia thn eiR s-mpantata eBnh steilamenon poreian s-n -namei to- Cristo- JhsantoR a-toiR Poe%ente=ma&te%sate panta ta en& en t) onomati mo%H)ent -nto all nations to preach the+ospel, relying -pon the po)er o Christ, )ho ha sai to them, *+o ye an mae

isciples o all the nations in my name*.I08* 5198. ratio e La-i&-s Constantini 1, ! 5p. # sB (8: TiR p)pote... toso-tonarethR aphnegato... )R pant)n t)n epi thR anBr)pon aohn ai gl)ttan emplhsai thRa-to- proshgoriaRN alla to-to ge o-eiR h monoR eiR o hmeteroR s)thr meta thn atato- Banato- nihn iepra


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#3. The evience o these later )ritings o 2-se&i-s emphasiMes &y contrast the orm ote


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2-se&i-s, in )hich the textus receptuso "t #!, 1 is citeN an these all &elong to thelast perio o his literary activity )hich ell ater the co-ncil o Oice.

#. H"ore thanI t)o )riters earlier Han one contemporaneo-s, not B-ote &y Cony&eare,)hich is @phrahat the Persian SageI than 2-se&i-s, she) a no)lege o this shorterorm o te


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ubZ_f^, an s-&stit-te Z\~]}^bf [f` or b]_[db_[.

#!. The earliest )riter )ho cites "t #!, 1 in a orm appro


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en ol) t) osm), ai pore-BentaR a-to- to-R maBhtaR eiR panta ta eBnh ton logona-to- athggelenai H@n )e, contin-ally seeing -lille all that )as preicte &y (im&eore it happene, viM., that this +ospel o (is sho-l &e preache thro-gho-t the )hole)orl, an that (is isciples sho-l go among all nations an anno-nce (is octrineI.(ere the last o-r )ors ans)er to these: Teaching them all things )hatsoever % have

commane yo-. @n it is signiicant that rigen gives no hint o the important preceptto &aptiMe in the tri-ne name )hich in o-r te


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the aora&le trinity in that &oos smacs o another pro$Oicene interpolationIN an thesame ca-tion m-st &e -se in regar to the reerences mae &y %renae-s Hi )ritten &yhimI an H&yI 4-stin to the -se o a trine orm-la in ?aptism 5see o-r note at the en 8.

33. Cyprian o Carthage Hcalle saint &y the catholic ch-rchI -se the te


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that the tr-ths o aith an those o sense e


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)hich tells -s that at last, ater his res-rrection, he commissione his apostles to go an&aptiMe among all nations, &etraye itsel &y speaing in the trinitarian lang-age o thene

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