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Ulfilas

American  
[uhl-fi-luhs] / ˈʌl fɪ ləs /
Also Ulfila

noun

  1. a.d. c311–c382, Christian bishop to the Goths: translated Bible into the Gothic language.


Ulfilas British  
/ ˈʊlfɪˌlæs, ˈʊlfɪlə /

noun

  1. ?311–?382 ad , Christian bishop of the Goths who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic

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The Gothic of the fourth century, preserved in the translation of the Bible by Ulfilas, is not, as has been so often said, the mother both of High and Low German.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

It is true that Auxentius institutes the same comparison between Ulfilas and Moses, after stating that Ulfilas had been received with great honors by Constantius.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

Additional material for the life of Ulfilas may be found in the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, fragments of which, as preserved, may be found appended to the Bohn translation of Sozomen's Ecclesiastical History.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

The author of the Acts of Nicetas speaks of Ulfilas as present at the Council of Nicæa, in company with Theophilus.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

I mean the Gothic, of which no other written document exists to-day except some portion of the Holy Scriptures translated by Ulfilas in the fourth century.

From Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures by Heuser, Herman J.

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