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The Trinitarian Bible Society was founded in 1831 "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'' )〕 The Trinitarian Bible Society members separated from the British and Foreign Bible Society, itself founded in 1804, due to two controversies: * The Apocrypha Controversy, over inclusion of the Biblical Apocrypha in some Bibles published in Europe * Inclusion of adherents of Unitarianism as officers in the Society, and refusal of the Society to open meetings with prayer. The arguments came into the open during the Annual Meeting in May 1831 of the Society. The membership voted six to one to retain the ecumenical status quo. On December 7, 1831, over two thousand people gathered in Exeter Hall in London to form the Trinitarian Bible Society, explicitly endorsing the Trinitarian position, and rejecting the apocryphal books. == Early years == Ultra-dispensationalist E. W. Bullinger was clerical secretary of the Society from 1867 until his death in 1913. Activities during his secretariat include: * Completion of a Hebrew version of the New Testament under contract with Christian David Ginsburg after the death of Isaac Salkinson. The first edition was published in 1885. * Publication of Ginsburg's first edition of the Old Testament along with his ''Introduction to the Massoretico-Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible'' in 1897. * Formation of the Brittany Evangelical Mission Society under Pasteur LeCoat and translation of the Bible into the Breton language.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE STORY OF PASTEUR LECOAT. The Breton Mission At Tremel )〕 * First Protestant Portuguese Reference Bible. * Distribution of Spanish language Bibles in Spain after the Spanish Revolution of 1868. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trinitarian Bible Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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