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We welcome you to St Johns blog. We are a small home mission in the state of Colorado. We are a liturgical church and we worship in the Syriac Orthodox Tradition. Our liturgy is known as the Holy Qurbana or offering/sacrifice. We also are sacramental church believing in the 7 sacraments handed down by our Lord. The Sacrements being 1. Baptism 2. Chrismation 3. Holy Communion (Eucharist) 4. Confession 5. Marriage 6. Holy Orders (Ordination) 7. Holy Oil (Unction). We are Trinitarian and hold to the Christological view of Him being both man and God the two being united without separation, confusion and alteration. We hold to the first 3 councils. What you will notice in our worship is the beautiful chant of the Qurbana in English, the Icons or windows to heaven, the sweet smell of the incense of our prayer being lifted to the throne of God, the bells and the candles or the light of Christ being the light to the world. If you desire to worship with us you can email us at elisha.quintana@hotmail.com and we will notify you of worship times and dates. We bid you grace and peace in the love of Jesus Christ.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

The Transmission of the Bible to English

The Transmission of the Bible to English

1. 500 BCE: Completion of All Original Hebrew Manuscripts which make up the 39 Books of the OT

2. 200 BCE: Completion of the Septuagint Greek Manuscripts which contain the 39 OT Books and 14 Apocrypha Books.

3. 1 CE: Completion of all original Greek Manuscripts which make up the 27 Books of the NT.

4. 390 CE: Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Manuscripts produced which contain all 80 books (39 OT + 14 Apocrypha + 27 NT).

5. 500 CE: Scriptures have been translated into over 500 languages.

6. 600 CE: Latin was the only language allowed for Scripture.

7. 995 CE: Anglo-Saxon (Early Roots of English language) translations of the NT produced.

8. 1384 CE: Wycliffe is the first person to produce a (Hand written) manuscript copy of the complete bible. All 80 books.

9. 1455 CE: Gutenberg invents the printing press; Books may now be mass produced instead of individually hand written. The first book ever printed is Gutenbergs Bible.

10. 1516 CE: Erasmus produces a Greek/Latin Parallel NT.

11. 1522CE: Martin Luthers German NT.

12. 1525 CE: William Tyndales NT; The first NT to be printed in the English language.

13. 1535 CE: Myles Coverdales Bible; The first complete Bible to be printed in English. (80 books: OT +NT+Apocypha)

14. 1537 CE: Mathews Bible; The second complete Bible to be printed in English. Done by John “Thomas Matthew” Rogers (80 books)

15. 1539 CE: The “Great Bible” printed; The first English language bible to add Numbered Verses to each chapter (80 books total).

16. 1568 CE: The Bishops Bible printed; The bible of which the KJV was a revision (80 books).

17. 1609 CE: The Douay OT is added to the Rheimes NT (of 1582) making the first complete English Catholic bible. Translated from the Latin Vulgate (80 books).

18. 1611 CE: The KJV bible printed; Originally with all 80 books. The Apocrypha was officially removed in 1885, leaving only 66 books.

19. 1782 CE: Robert Aitkens bible; The first English language bible ( a KJV without the Apocrypha) to be printed in America.

20. 1791 CE: Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas respectively produce the first family bible and first illustrated bible printed in America. Both were KJV with all (80 books).

21. 1808 CE: Jane Aitkens bible (Daughter of Robert Aitken); The first bible to be printed by a woman.

22. 1833 CE: Noah Websters bible; After producing his famous dictionary, Webster printed his own revision of the KJV.

23. 1841 CE: English Hexapla NT; and early textual comparison showing the Greek and 6 famous English translations in parallel columns.

24. 1846 CE: The illuminated bible; The most lavishly illustrated bible printed in America. A KJV with all (80 books).

25. 1885 CE: The Revised Version bible; The first major English revision of the KJB.

26. 1901 CE: The American Standard Version; The second major American revision of the KJV.

27. 1971 CE: The New American Standard Bible (NASB) is published as a modern and “accurate” word for word English translation of the bible.

28. 1973 CE: The New International Version (NIV) is published as a modern and “accurate” phrase for phrase English Translation of the bible.

29. 1983 CE: The New King James Version (NKJV) is published as a modern English version maintaining the original style of the KJV.

30. 1993-2002 CE: The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language was created by Eugene H. Peterson. It is a paraphrase of the original languages of the Bible.
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