The Scofield Reference Bible

I.The Scofield Reference Bible A.The Sea Cliff Bible Conference, 1901

1.    C. I. Schofield met with A. C. Gaebelein and discussed the publishing of a new type of bible that contained notes and references for the reader.

2.    Two wealthy laymen served as financial sponsors: John T. Pirie and Alwyn Ball, Jr.

B. Plans were finalized at the Sea Cliff Bible Conference, 1902 C.Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (1843-1921) 1.Pastor of First Congregational Church in Dallas, TX from 1882-1895.

2.Converted at the of 36 3.Completed the Ref. Bible in 1908 4.Oxford University Press released the Bible on January 12, 1909 and sold 2 million by 1912.

D.The Scofield Reference Bible 1.Followed the Premillennial, Pretribulational, scheme 2.Divided history into 7 dispensations 3.Points out eight different covenants that condition man’s relationship with God.

4.    Emphasizing the Church as the Universal Body of Christ.

5.    Divine based on God’s foreknowledge.

6.    Put forth the 7 churches as representing the Church Age.

7. Designated Laodicea as the church of apostasy, i.e. the liberals E. The Fundamentals, by Lyman Stewart and A. C. Dixon- 1909 1.Stewart outlined the project to Dixon 2.After prayer, Dixon organized the Testimony Publishing Company 3.Contained 12 volumes of about 125 pages each 4.printed from 1910-1915 5.Cost about $300,000 6.Authors were from America, Canada, and Britain 7.other editors were Louis Meyer, a converted Jew, and R. A. Torry 8.It was later combined into a 4 volume set of 90 articles from 64 writers.

9.    The focus of set was the defense of the orthodox view of the Scripture.