primer is not the place to promote one approach over another; in the examples discussed in Chapter 4 an attempt will be made to keep the discussion as objective and open as possible. Before we turn to sources and the methods of NT textual criticism, it is worth drawing attention to a few points: 1. Throughout this book we do well to remember that, once the canon was established, every single manuscript of the Greek NT was the authoritative canonical text used by the Christians who owned it. Few ancient