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In 1781 Aitken undertook to print the first complete English Bible produced in America and sought the official sanction of Congress for his edition. Congress passed a resolution officially authorizing the edition in September 1782. Known as the “Aitken Bible,” this was the first and only edition of the Bible ever authorized by Congress.
The 1537 folio edition carried the royal licence and was therefore the first officially approved Bible translation in English. The Psalter from the Coverdale Bible was included in the Great Bible of 1540 and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer beginning in 1662, and in all editions of the U.S. Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer until 1979.
YouVersion (also known as Bible.com or the Bible App) is an online and mobile Bible platform published for Android, ... This page was last edited on 8 November 2024, ...
As such, the Bible has had a profound influence, especially in the Western world, [182] [183] where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed in Europe using movable type. [184] It has contributed to the formation of Western law , art , literature , and education.
New Testament first page of 1685 copy Algonquian Bible 1709: John chapter 3 Algonquian Indian by John White, 1585. The Eliot Indian Bible ( Massachusett: Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God ; [ 1 ] also known as the Algonquian Bible ) was the first translation of the Christian Bible into an indigenous American language , as well as the ...
One of Green's major accomplishments as a printer was the Eliot Indian Bible, translated by the missionary John Eliot, typeset by James Printer, which became the first Bible to be printed in British America in 1663. [1] [2] [3] Members of his family who also became printers include his sons Bartholomew, Bartholomew Green Jr. and Joseph Dennie. [4]
The Revised Version of 1885 and the American Standard Version of 1901 are among the Bible versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church and the Church of England. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The American Standard Version entered the public domain on January 1, 1957 upon expiration of its copyright.
A page from a non-redletter edition. The inspiration for printing the words of Jesus in red comes from Luke 22:20: "This cup is the new testament in my blood, which I shed for you." On 19 June 1899, Louis Klopsch, then editor of The Christian Herald magazine, conceived the idea while working on