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The Nicene Creed, formulated under Emperor Constantine in AD 325 and emended in AD 381, stated bluntly that Christ “was crucified under Pontius Pilate.”

From Time • Mar. 30, 2016

Last week, curiously emended, they reappeared on the desk of President Iba�ez.

From Time Magazine Archive

One would naturally suppose that historians of74 repute would always make it a rule to procure "sound" texts, properly emended and restored, of the texts they have to consult.

From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey

In 797 Charlemagne commissioned Alcuin to prepare an emended text of the Vulgate; copies of this text were multiplied, not always accurately, in the famous writing-schools at Tours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

With the exception of an occasional word, nothing occurs in the emended edition which is not to be found somewhere in the first.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol