the christian biblical canons decided what would be in the bible.
the christian biblical canons decided what would be in the bible.
who decided what would be in the bible?
the christian biblical canons
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the bishops' bible was first published in 1568, but was then re-issued in an extensively revised form in 1572. in the revision a number of switches were made to the new testament in the direction of more "ecclesiastical" language (e.g. introducing the term "charity" into i corinthians 13), but otherwise to bring the text more into line with that found in the geneva bible; and in the old testament, the psalms from the great bible were printed alongside those in the new translation, which had proved impossible to sing. from 1577 the new psalm translation was dropped altogether; while further incremental changes were made to the text of the new testament in subsequent editions. the bible had the authority of the royal warrant, and was the second version appointed to be read aloud in church services (cf. great bible, king james bible). it failed to displace the geneva bible as a domestic bible to be read at home, but that was not its intended purpose. the intention was for it to be used in church as what would today be termed a "pulpit bible". the version was more grandiloquent than the geneva bible. the first edition was exceptionally large and included 124 full-page illustrations. the second and subsequent editions were rather smaller, around the same size as the first printing of the king james bible, and mostly lacked illustrations other than frontispieces and maps. the text lacked most of the notes and cross-references in the geneva bible, which contained much controversial theology, but which were helpful to people among whom the bible was just beginning to circulate in the vernacular. the last edition of the complete bible was issued in 1602, but the new testament was reissued until at least 1617. william fulke published several parallel editions up to 1633, with the new testament of the bishops' bible alongside the rheims new testament, specifically to controvert the latter's polemical annotations. the bishops' bible or its new testament went through over 50 editions, whereas the geneva bible was reprinted more than 150 times.
bishops' bible