Novum Instrumentum omne
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Novum Instrumentum omne is Desiderius Erasmus’s groundbreaking 1516 edition of the New Testament in Greek with a new Latin translation, which significantly influenced biblical scholarship and the Protestant Reformation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Novum Instrumentum omne canonical | 3 |
| Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7–8) in later editions | 1 |
| Erasmus 1516 Novum Instrumentum omne | 1 |
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Target entity: Novum Instrumentum omne Context triple: [Desiderius Erasmus, notableWork, Novum Instrumentum omne]
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Dei Verbum
Dei Verbum is the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, outlining the Catholic Church’s teaching on Scripture, Tradition, and revelation.
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Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
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Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church is a 1520 theological treatise by Martin Luther that sharply criticizes the Roman Catholic sacramental system and helped define key doctrines of the Protestant Reformation.
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Tridentine Profession of Faith
The Tridentine Profession of Faith is a formal Catholic creed formulated after the Council of Trent that clearly defines and reaffirms key doctrines in response to the Protestant Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Novum Instrumentum omne Target entity description: Novum Instrumentum omne is Desiderius Erasmus’s groundbreaking 1516 edition of the New Testament in Greek with a new Latin translation, which significantly influenced biblical scholarship and the Protestant Reformation.
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A.
Dei Verbum
Dei Verbum is the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, outlining the Catholic Church’s teaching on Scripture, Tradition, and revelation.
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B.
Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
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C.
Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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D.
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church is a 1520 theological treatise by Martin Luther that sharply criticizes the Roman Catholic sacramental system and helped define key doctrines of the Protestant Reformation.
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E.
Tridentine Profession of Faith
The Tridentine Profession of Faith is a formal Catholic creed formulated after the Council of Trent that clearly defines and reaffirms key doctrines in response to the Protestant Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek–Latin diglot
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New Testament edition ⓘ printed book ⓘ |
| aim |
to provide a more accurate Latin translation than the Vulgate
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to restore the New Testament text closer to its Greek sources ⓘ |
| author | Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ |
| basisFor |
Luther Bible
ⓘ
surface form:
Luther’s German New Testament translation
early Protestant Bible translations ⓘ |
| containsText |
Greek text of the New Testament
ⓘ
Latin translation of the New Testament ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | Switzerland ⓘ |
| criticized | Vulgate readings ⓘ |
| editor | Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ |
| fifthEditionYear | 1535 ⓘ |
| firstEditionYear | 1516 ⓘ |
| fourthEditionYear | 1527 ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical text edition
ⓘ
scholarly apparatus ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Greek text in the left column
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Latin translation in the right column ⓘ |
| hasLaterEdition |
New Testament
ⓘ
surface form:
Novum Testamentum (revised title in later editions)
|
| historicalContext | Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| includes |
Erasmus’s annotations
ⓘ
Erasmus’s prefaces ⓘ |
| influenced |
Martin Luther
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Reformation ⓘ
surface form:
Protestant Reformation
William Tyndale ⓘ biblical scholarship ⓘ textual criticism of the New Testament ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| method |
comparison of Greek manuscripts
ⓘ
philological analysis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first published Greek New Testament
ⓘ
humanist critical edition of the New Testament ⓘ new Latin translation departing from the Vulgate ⓘ |
| numberOfEditionsByErasmus | 5 ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Basel-Stadt
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surface form:
Basel
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| printer | Johann Froben ⓘ |
| printingTechnology | movable type ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1516 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Textus Receptus ⓘ |
| revisedBy | Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ |
| secondEditionYear | 1519 ⓘ |
| subject | New Testament ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Christian humanism ⓘ |
| thirdEditionYear | 1522 ⓘ |
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Erasmus 1516 Novum Instrumentum omne
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Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7–8) in later editions