Textus Receptus
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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.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Textus Receptus Context triple: [King James Version, basedOn, Textus Receptus]
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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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B.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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C.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
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D.
Vulgate
The Vulgate is the late-4th-century Latin version of the Bible, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome, that became the Catholic Church’s standard biblical text for many centuries.
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E.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Textus Receptus Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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B.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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C.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
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D.
Vulgate
The Vulgate is the late-4th-century Latin version of the Bible, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome, that became the Catholic Church’s standard biblical text for many centuries.
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E.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek New Testament text
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printed edition ⓘ textual tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithPrinter | Johann Froben ⓘ |
| basedOnEditionOf |
Novum Instrumentum omne
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surface form:
Erasmus 1516 Novum Instrumentum omne
Textus Receptus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Erasmus 1519 Greek New Testament
Textus Receptus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Erasmus 1522 Greek New Testament
Textus Receptus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Erasmus 1527 Greek New Testament
Textus Receptus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Erasmus 1535 Greek New Testament
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| compiledFrom |
Byzantine text-type manuscripts
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late medieval Greek manuscripts ⓘ |
| compiledInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| containsReading |
Novum Instrumentum omne
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surface form:
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
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Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ Westcott and Hort text ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
inclusion of later textual additions
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reliance on limited manuscript base ⓘ |
| field |
New Testament scholarship
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surface form:
New Testament textual criticism
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| firstEditionPlaceOfPublication |
Basel-Stadt
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surface form:
Basel
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| firstEditionPublishedIn | 1516 ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Johann Froben ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Received Text
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Textus Receptus ⓘ
surface form:
Textus Receptus Graece
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| hasKeyEditor |
Desiderius Erasmus
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Robert Estienne ⓘ Theodore Beza ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
primary base text for many early vernacular New Testament translations
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standard Greek New Testament text for Protestantism for several centuries ⓘ |
| includesBook |
Acts of the Apostles
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Book of Revelation ⓘ Catholic Epistles ⓘ
surface form:
General Epistles
Gospels ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ |
| influenced |
Geneva Bible
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King James Version ⓘ Luther Bible ⓘ Modern English Version ⓘ New King James Version ⓘ Tyndale Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Tyndale New Testament
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| supportedBy |
King James Only movement
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some confessional Protestant groups ⓘ |
| textType | Byzantine text-type ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Reformation-era scholars
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early Protestant Bible translators ⓘ |
| usedFor |
liturgical reading in some Protestant traditions
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translation of Reformation-era Bibles ⓘ |
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Subject: Textus Receptus Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Novum Testamentum (Greek–Latin edition)
this entity surface form:
Novum Testamentum (Greek New Testament edition)
this entity surface form:
Erasmus’s Greek New Testament
this entity surface form:
Textus Receptus Graece
this entity surface form:
Erasmus 1519 Greek New Testament
this entity surface form:
Erasmus 1522 Greek New Testament
this entity surface form:
Erasmus 1527 Greek New Testament
this entity surface form:
Erasmus 1535 Greek New Testament
subject surface form:
Textus Receptus
this entity surface form:
prefers Textus Receptus
this entity surface form:
Textus Receptus tradition
this entity surface form:
Textus Receptus editions
this entity surface form:
Novum Testamentum omne
The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration
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explains
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Textus Receptus
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this entity surface form:
Textus Receptus (New Testament, partly)