Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-06-01

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Wicgufrs Biunr. This was lho HHi
translation mado into The lnnguare. ID
was translated Wv John WickNnc. about
'he year 1880, bnt never printed though
lherc are manuscript copios OF % IN sever.
alof the public libraries.
TrNpALt's BBjE.-Thc TRANSLATION by
William 1yndhc, assisted hy Miles Gov,
erdale was The first printed Bible in the
English language. The new Tcslamen,
vas published IN 1926. 1t was revised
and republshed in $780, In 1882, Tyn
,lale and his associates finished the whole
bible excep,the Apocrypha and printed
10 abroad.
MATHEWS BIBLE,--While Tyndalo was
preparing \ second edition of his Bible,
no was taken up and burned for heresy
at Flanders On his death, Cuverdale
and John Rogers revised it, and added
translation 10 the Apocrypha. 1t was
dedicated TO Henry VIII in 1857 and
printed at Hamburg under the borrowed
name Of Thomas Matthew, whence il was
called Matthews Bible.
CRASMER's BIBLE.-This was the first
Bible printed by authority in England,
md publicly setup the churches 1t was
Gyndales version, revised by Coverdale,
and examined by Cranmer, who added a
preface to it, whence it was called Gran
Iuer's Bible. Itwas printed by Grafton,
tne OF the largest volumes, published in
s5iO. After being adopted suppressed
and restored under successive reigns, a
new addition was brought out in l562.-|
TnE GENEVA BIBLE.--Some English eX-
lies, at Geneva, in Queen Mary's reign,
viz: Coverdale, Goodman, Gilbe, Sampson,
Cole, Whiting and Knox made al new trans
lation, which was printed there in l56O.-
Hence it was called the Geneva Bible
u was much valued by the Puritan party.
IN this version the first distinction of YER
ses was made 1t went through some
twenty editions. ra raa
THE BIsHoPs Archbishop Bar
ker engaged Bishops and other learned
men TO bring out new translation
They did so in 1868, in large folio. 1t
made what was afterwards called the
great English Bible, and commonly called
The Bishops Bible. In 1869 it was pub
llshed in octave, in small but fine black
letter. In it the chapters were divided in>
TO verses, but without any break for them.
MATTHEW PARKER's BBLE.-The Bish-
ops Bible underwent some corrections.
and was printed in large folio in 1872,
and called Matthew Parker,s Bible. This
version was used in the churches for forty
years.
The DoUAY BIBLE.-Tke New Testa.
ment was brought out by the Roman
Catholics in 1854, and called the Roman
lsh New Testament II was condemned
oy the Queen of England, and copies
were seized by her authority and destroy.
ed. In 1909 and 1910 the old Testament
was added, and the whole published at
Douay, hence called the Douay Bible.
KING JAMES BBLE.-The version now
IN use was brought out by James author-
ity, in 1911. Fifty-four learned men
were employed to accomplish the work Of
revising. From death or other causes.
seven of them failed to enter upon it
The remaining forty-seven were ranged
under six divisions, and had different
portions of the Bible assigned to these di-
visions. They entered upon their task in
1907. After some three or four years of
dlligent labor the whole was completed.
The version was generally adopted, and
other versions fell into disuse. It has
continued in use for nearly two-hundred
years.