Patriarchal text

The Patriarchal text,[1][2] or Patriarchal Text (PT),[3] originally officially published as The New Testament, Approved by the Great Church of Christ (Greek: Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη ἐγκρίσει τῆς Μεγάλης τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἐκκλησίας),[4][5] is an edition of the New Testament published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on 22 February 1904.[6][4] Two revised editions of the PT were later printed by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in respectively 1907 and 1912.[1]

The PT is also known as the Antoniades-text[1] (after Professor Vasileios Antoniades), or Patriarchal Greek New Testament.[6]

The PT is entirely in Koine Greek. There is no Greek New Testament text accepted by everyone within the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Patriarchal text is no exception.[7] The text-type of the PT is Byzantine.

  1. ^ a b c Karavidopoulos, Ioannes. "Textual Criticism in the Orthodox Church: Present State and Future Prospects". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Greek New Testament". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  3. ^ Eastern-Greek Orthodox Bible, p. 14
  4. ^ a b Karavidopoulos, Ioannes D. "THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE'S 1904 NEW TESTAMENT EDITION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Το Πατριαρχικό Κείμενο - Καινή Διαθήκη (Έκδοση Αντωνιάδη, 1904)". ebible.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  6. ^ a b "The Patriarchal Greek New Testament (PATr)". www.logos.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  7. ^ "The Bible: Its Original Languages and English Translations". Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Retrieved 2021-09-27.