In a 1716 letter to a patron, Archbishop Wake, he stated the premise of a proposed new edition of the Greek Testament: he would be able, by careful analysis, to restore the text of the New Testament to its state at the time of the Council of Nicea (early fourth century),
If possible, I would think this version to be justifiable and spiritually sufficent for the vast majority of living Christians, whose faith is rooted in the foundations established in Nicea.
