textus receptus

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[tek-stuhs ri-sep-tuhs] / ˈtɛk stəs rɪˈsɛp təs /

noun

1. a text of a work that is generally accepted as being genuine or original.

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Etymology

Origin of textus receptus

1855–60; < New Latin: received text

Example Sentences

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textus receptus

And now as to the third point which presents itself for consideration, the claim of Theobald's emendation to retain its place in the textus receptus.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

The Elzevir printing-house at Amsterdam and Leyden, boldly assuming the prerogatives of the whole body of theological scholars, issued a textus receptus of the N.T. in a.d.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

Its Latin text was embodied 1584 in the Book of Concord as the textus receptus.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

Is this one of the cases of "painful uncertainty" which has induced the Religious Tract Society and Dr. Tischendorf to wish to set aside the textus receptus altogether?

From When Were Our Gospels Written? by Charles Bradlaugh

I would fain side in this instance with my revered friend and Revision colleague Dr. David Brown of Aberdeen, and all my prepossessions are strongly in favour of the textus receptus here.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener