British and Foreign Bible Society
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| legal form | Charity |
| founding | 1804 |
| founder | William Wilberforce |
| Seat | Swindon , England |
| motto | We are working to see a day when the Bible's God-given revelation, inspiration and wisdom is shaping the lives and communities of people everywhere. |
| main emphasis | Bible translation and distribution |
| Action space | worldwide, focus on England a. Wales |
| people | James Catford |
| Website | www.biblesociety.org.uk |
The British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS; British and Foreign Bible Society ) is a Christian charitable organization that aims to make the Bible available worldwide. In England and Wales it is known simply as the Bible Society . The society was founded on March 4, 1804 and does not belong to any denomination . Today, there is a company called Bible Society Resources Ltd .
history
In 1804 a group of Christians sought to solve the problem of the availability of affordable Bibles in Wales to Welsh-speaking Christians. The situation was illustrated by a young girl named Mary Jones who walked 20 miles to get a Bible in Bala .
From the very beginning, the British and Foreign Bible Society tried to be ecumenical and nonsectarian. The first president was John Shore . In 1813 the British and Foreign Bible Society allowed the addition of the Apocrypha . A controversy over the Apocrypha and the Metrical Psalms led to the separation of the Glasgow Bible Society and Edinburgh Bible Society in 1825/26 , which later formed the Scottish Bible Society . In a similar controversy in 1831 over important positions in society that were occupied by Unitarians , a minority split off and founded the Trinitarian Bible Society .
The Society's library was given as a deposit to Cambridge University Library in 1984 . At the end of 2013 it became known that the Bible Society wanted to sell several manuscripts, including the Codex Zakynthius, in order to finance the construction of a visitor center. The University of Cambridge received a right of first refusal and sought the required sum to February 2014 [date] to apply.
network
Like many other local Bible societies around the world, the British and Foreign Bible Society is part of the United Bible Societies .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Why we exist at www.biblesociety.org.uk
- ↑ https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/terms-and-conditions/
- ↑ Fabian Handbook of the Historical Book Holdings online
- ↑ Cambridge University Library bids to purchase early Gospel manuscript , accessed December 18, 2013; the Deakzessions -Vorhaben the Bible Society, is seen as critical, see UK: Bible Society to sell important bible manuscripts on Archivalia , accessed on 18 December 2013
- ↑ Where we work on unitedbiblesocieties.org (accessed August 22, 2012)