Textus Receptus

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Greek New Testament text printed edition textual tradition

Textus Receptus is a traditional printed Greek New Testament text compiled in the 16th century that became the primary basis for many early Protestant Bible translations.

Aliases (8)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek New Testament text → printed edition → textual tradition →
associatedWithPrinter	Johann Froben →
basedOnEditionOf	Erasmus 1516 Novum Instrumentum omne → Erasmus 1519 Greek New Testament → Erasmus 1522 Greek New Testament → Erasmus 1527 Greek New Testament → Erasmus 1535 Greek New Testament →
compiledFrom	Byzantine text-type manuscripts → late medieval Greek manuscripts →
compiledInCentury	16th century →
containsReading	Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7–8) in later editions → Pericope adulterae (John 7:53–8:11) → long ending of Mark (Mark 16:9–20) →
contrastedWith	Critical text of the New Testament → Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece → Westcott and Hort text →
criticizedFor	inclusion of later textual additions → reliance on limited manuscript base →
field	New Testament textual criticism →
firstEditionPlaceOfPublication	Basel →
firstEditionPublishedIn	1516 →
firstEditionPublisher	Johann Froben →
hasAlternativeName	Received Text → Textus Receptus Graece →
hasKeyEditor	Desiderius Erasmus → Robert Estienne → Theodore Beza →
hasLanguage	Koine Greek →
historicalRole	primary base text for many early vernacular New Testament translations → standard Greek New Testament text for Protestantism for several centuries →
includesBook	Acts of the Apostles → Book of Revelation → General Epistles → Gospels → Pauline Epistles →
influenced	Geneva Bible → King James Version → Luther Bible → Modern English Version → New King James Version → Tyndale New Testament →
supportedBy	King James Only movement → some confessional Protestant groups →
textType	Byzantine text-type →
usedBy	Reformation-era scholars → early Protestant Bible translators →
usedFor	liturgical reading in some Protestant traditions → translation of Reformation-era Bibles →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Textus Receptus ("Erasmus 1519 Greek New Testament") → Textus Receptus ("Erasmus 1522 Greek New Testament") → Textus Receptus ("Erasmus 1527 Greek New Testament") → Textus Receptus ("Erasmus 1535 Greek New Testament") →	basedOnEditionOf
King James Version → Tyndale Bible ("Erasmus’s Greek New Testament") →	basedOn
Desiderius Erasmus ("Novum Testamentum (Greek New Testament edition)") → Theodore Beza ("Novum Testamentum (Greek–Latin edition)") →	notableWork
New King James Version → Reina-Valera →	textualBasisNewTestament
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament →	comparedWith
Textus Receptus ("Textus Receptus Graece") →	hasAlternativeName
Byzantine text-type →	influenced