Majority text

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Byzantine text-type Greek New Testament text-type New Testament textual tradition

The Majority text is a form of the Greek New Testament text that reflects the readings found in the majority of surviving Byzantine manuscripts and underlies the traditional ecclesiastical text used in Eastern Orthodoxy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Majority Text	4
Majority Textform	1
Majority text canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine text-type ⓘ Greek New Testament text-type ⓘ New Testament textual tradition ⓘ
advocatedBy	Arthur L. Farstad NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice A. Robinson ⓘ William G. Pierpont ⓘ Zane C. Hodges ⓘ
associatedWith	Byzantine text-type ⓘ
contrastedWith	Alexandrian text-type ⓘ Critical text of the Greek New Testament ⓘ Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ surface form: Nestle-Aland text United Bible Societies Greek New Testament ⓘ
evaluatedBy	New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
geographicalCenter	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Byzantine text-type ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Majority Text Majority text ⓘ surface form: Majority Textform Traditional text ⓘ
hasEdition	Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions ⓘ surface form: The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text (Hodges-Farstad) Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions ⓘ surface form: The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont)
hasFeature	expansions and clarifications in some verses ⓘ fuller liturgical and doctrinally explicit readings in some passages ⓘ harmonizing readings in parallel Gospel passages ⓘ
historicalUse	dominant Greek New Testament text in the medieval Byzantine church ⓘ
includes	Acts ⓘ Catholic Epistles ⓘ Gospels ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ Revelation ⓘ
influenced	Textus Receptus ⓘ surface form: Textus Receptus tradition some Reformation-era vernacular Bible translations ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
manuscriptType	primarily minuscule manuscripts ⓘ
relatedConcept	ecclesiastical text ⓘ majority principle in textual criticism ⓘ
scripturePortion	New Testament ⓘ
supportsDoctrineOf	providential preservation of Scripture (in some theological views) ⓘ
textualBasis	Codex Basilensis ⓘ surface form: Byzantine manuscripts majority of surviving Greek New Testament manuscripts ⓘ
textualPrinciple	emphasis on continuity of ecclesiastical usage ⓘ preference for readings supported by the numerical majority of manuscripts ⓘ
timeDepth	attested especially from the 9th century onward ⓘ
underlies	traditional ecclesiastical text of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
usedFor	liturgical readings in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ traditional lectionaries in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
usedIn	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
viewedByProponentsAs	best representation of the original New Testament text ⓘ
viewedBySomeAs	later standardized form of the New Testament text ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine text-type → alsoKnownAs → Majority text ⓘ

United Bible Societies Greek New Testament → comparedWith → Majority text ⓘ

this entity surface form: Majority Text

Received Text → contrastedWith → Majority text ⓘ

subject surface form: Textus Receptus

this entity surface form: Majority Text

Westcott and Hort text → contrastedWith → Majority text ⓘ

this entity surface form: Majority Text

Majority text → hasAlternativeName → Majority text ⓘ

this entity surface form: Majority Textform

UBS GNT → comparedWith → Majority text ⓘ

this entity surface form: Majority Text