Trinitarian Bible Society

Trinitarian Bible Society ; (TBS)
founding	1831
main emphasis	Publishing, research and missionary work for the dissemination of Bibles.
Website	www.tbsbibles.org

The Trinitarian Bible Society is a Bible Society that was founded in 1831 as a split from the British and Foreign Bible Society due to theological controversy . The Society provides Bibles and Christian literature worldwide from a historical Reformed perspective. There are chapters in many countries such as Australia , New Zealand and Brazil .

The aim of the company is to translate and distribute Bibles in various languages worldwide. The translation of Bibles into non-English languages is based on the Hebrew Masoretic text and the edition of the Greek New Testament based on the Textus receptus compiled by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener and published in 1894.

The Society sells copies of the Bible in the King James Version of the Bible, as well as Bibles in other languages, to the public. These Bible editions are printed by the Society itself. The company also sells Christian literature based on Scripture, such as tracts and children's literature in English and other languages.

The Society publishes The Quarterly Record magazine , and hosts meetings discussing the Society's work and topics related to the translation of the text.

history

The goal of the Bible Society is: "The glory of God and the salvation of mankind by circulating the holy scriptures which were given by inspiration of God and which are capable of making people wise to salvation through faith who is in Christ Jesus."

The members of the Trinitarian Bible Society decided to separate from the British and Foreign Bible Society and start their own society because of two controversies:

The Apocrypha Controversy on the inclusion of the Biblical Apocrypha in some Bibles published in Europe as well
the admission of a Unitarian as an officer in the Bible Society and the refusal to begin every meeting of the Society with prayer.

The dispute escalated during an annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society in May 1831. Members voted six to one, the ecumenical status quo . On December 7, 1831, two thousand people gathered in Exeter Hall in London , where they founded the Trinitarian Bible Society, with an explicit emphasis on the Trinitarian position (Trinitarian creed) and rejection of the Apocrypha.

19th century

The ultra-dispensationalist Ethelbert William Bullinger became Clerical Secretary of the newly formed society from 1867 and held this position until his death in 1913. During his tenure, numerous activities were carried out:

A Hebrew translation of the New Testament under contract with Christian David Ginsburg , after the death of Yitzhak Salkinsohn (Isaac Salkinson). The first edition was published in 1885.
The publication of Ginsburg's First Edition of the Old Testament along with his Introduction to the Massoretico-Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible 1897.
The establishment of the Brittany Evangelical Mission Society for Brittany under Pasteur LeCoat and the translation of the Bible into the Breton language .
The publication of the first Protestant Reference Bible in Portuguese .
Distribution of Spanish Bibles in Spain after the Spanish Revolution of 1868 (Revolución de 1868).

Trinitarian Society poster at Chichester Railway Station, West Sussex , 2011.

King James Only

The Trinitarian Bible Society has been associated with the King James Only movement . The Society announced that "The Trinitarian Bible Society does not believe that the Authorized Version is a perfect translation, only that it is the best available translation into the English language."

In contrast to other protagonists of the King James Only movement , the Society claims that "The supernatural force involved in the process of inspiration, and in the result of inspiration, was 'only' present in the 'original' production of the sixty-six Canonical Books of the Bible 2 Pt 1,20-21 LUT "

"Translations from the original languages are also considered to be the Written Word of God insofar as their translations accurately reflect the original in form and content."

“Translations made since New Testament times use words chosen by uninspired men to use God's words. For this reason, no translation of the Word of God can have an absolutely definitive status. The last reference must always be to the original languages, in the traditional Hebrew and Greek texts. "

Individual evidence

^ The Quarterly Record
↑ "to promote the Glory of God and the salvation of men by circulating, both at home and abroad, in dependence on the Divine blessing, the Holy Scriptures, which are given by inspiration of God and are able to make men wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. " TBS Constitution of the Society
^ A Protestant conservative evangelical movement that values biblical inerrancy and a literal hermeneutic.
↑ THE STORY OF PASTEUR LECOAT. The Breton Mission At Tremel . Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 .: “As Dr. EW Bullinger so aptly points out in his book, The Story of the Breton Mission , M. Lecoat had returned to a land of a corrupt religion ... an organized crusade was begun to graft the Romish religion on to that of the Druids. Many of the tall-standing stones were transformed into crosses, but where the stone was too hard for the mason's chisel, crosses and crucifixes were fastened to them. Dr. Bullinger tells how that in one year no less than five thousand were so transformed by the then Bishop of St. Pol de Leon . "
↑ "The Trinitarian Bible Society does not believe the Authorized Version to be a perfect translation, only that it is the best available translation in the English language." Quarterly Record no. 578: p. 8.
^ "The supernatural power involved in the process of inspiration, and in the result of inspiration, was exerted only in the original production of the sixty-six Canonical books of the Bible (2 Peter 1: 20-21; 2 Peter 3:15 -16). "
↑ "Translations from the original languages are likewise to be considered the written Word of God in so far as these translations are accurate as to the form and content of the Original."
↑ "Translations made since New Testament times must use words chosen by uninspired men to translate God’s words. For this reason no translation of the Word of God can have an absolute or definitive status. The final appeal must always be to the original languages, in the Traditional Hebrew and Greek texts. " TBS Doctrine of Holy Scripture .

literature

Juanita S. Carey: EW Bullinger: A Biography. 1988 ISBN 0-8254-2372-4
Jan Krans: Beyond What Is Written, Erasmus and Beza as Conjectural Critics of the New Testament. Brill, Leiden 2006.

Web links

Trinitarian Bible Society
Biography of Malcolm Watts who currently heads the society.

[1] The Quarterly Record

[2] "to promote the Glory of God and the salvation of men by circulating, both at home and abroad, in dependence on the Divine blessing, the Holy Scriptures, which are given by inspiration of God and are able to make men wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. " TBS Constitution of the Society

[3] A Protestant conservative evangelical movement that values biblical inerrancy and a literal hermeneutic.

[4] THE STORY OF PASTEUR LECOAT. The Breton Mission At Tremel . Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 .: “As Dr. EW Bullinger so aptly points out in his book, The Story of the Breton Mission , M. Lecoat had returned to a land of a corrupt religion ... an organized crusade was begun to graft the Romish religion on to that of the Druids. Many of the tall-standing stones were transformed into crosses, but where the stone was too hard for the mason's chisel, crosses and crucifixes were fastened to them. Dr. Bullinger tells how that in one year no less than five thousand were so transformed by the then Bishop of St. Pol de Leon . "

[5] "The Trinitarian Bible Society does not believe the Authorized Version to be a perfect translation, only that it is the best available translation in the English language." Quarterly Record no. 578: p. 8.

[6] "The supernatural power involved in the process of inspiration, and in the result of inspiration, was exerted only in the original production of the sixty-six Canonical books of the Bible (2 Peter 1: 20-21; 2 Peter 3:15 -16). "

[7] "Translations from the original languages are likewise to be considered the written Word of God in so far as these translations are accurate as to the form and content of the Original."

[8] "Translations made since New Testament times must use words chosen by uninspired men to translate God’s words. For this reason no translation of the Word of God can have an absolute or definitive status. The final appeal must always be to the original languages, in the Traditional Hebrew and Greek texts. " TBS Doctrine of Holy Scripture .