Start with the guide
The fastest way into the evidence library is to begin with the source guide, then move to the memoir volumes and the modern booklet pages.
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Source library guide
How to use the Westcott and Hort source library: start with memoirs, distinguish quotation from commentary, and build conclusions from layered evidence without letting side questions blunt the main case.
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Primary sources for Westcott and Hort research
Primary sources for studying Westcott and Hort: the memoir volumes, source guides, key controversy pages, and scanned documentary extracts.
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Occultists or Christians? You Decide
Source page for the modern research booklet Westcott and Hort: Occultists or Christians? You Decide, including preserved local PDFs and how the site uses the booklet.
Memoir volumes and source pages
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Life and Letters of Fenton John Anthony Hort, Volume 1 (1896)
Source page for Hort volume 1, including the Textus Receptus passage, Ghostly Guild references, and Cambridge Apostles material.
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Life and Letters of Fenton John Anthony Hort, Volume 2 (1896)
Source page for Hort volume 2, including the séance remark, Mary-worship / Jesus-worship, and later career materials.
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Life and Letters of Brooke Foss Westcott, Volume 1 (1903)
Source page for Westcott volume 1, including Hermes, Ghostly Guild, Eranus, and the memoir material related to accusations of heresy.
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Life and Letters of Brooke Foss Westcott, Volume 2 (1903)
Source page for Westcott volume 2, including the command of ghosts remark and the Hermes Trismegistus reference.
Supporting documents and manuscript debate
The site also preserves downloadable documents that support or frame later debates, including the modern booklet and the Codex Sinaiticus document linked below.
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Codex Sinaiticus and Westcott Hort
How Codex Sinaiticus fits into the Westcott and Hort story, why they valued it, and why later critics challenge whether Sinaiticus was truly the oldest or best witness.
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Westcott and Hort manuscripts
Westcott and Hort manuscripts explained: Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, early witnesses, why age mattered to their method, and why that judgment remains contested.