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Surprise! The first Bible printed by Gutenberg was the CATHOLIC Bible! LOL!

Relationship to earlier Bibles

In appearance the Gutenberg Bible closely resembles the large manuscript

Illuminated manuscript

An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations...

 Bibles that were being produced at the time. The Giant Bible of Mainz

Giant Bible of Mainz

The Giant Bible of Mainz is a very large manuscript Bible produced in 1452-3, probably in Mainz or nearby. It is notable for its beauty, for being one of the last manuscript Bibles written before the invention of printing in the West, and for its possible connections with the Gutenberg...

, probably produced in Mainz in 1452-3, has been suggested as the particular model Gutenberg used. Around this time large Bibles, designed to be read from a lectern, were returning to popularity for the first time since the twelfth century. In the intervening period, small hand-held Bibles had been usual. The text of the Gutenberg Bible is traditional, falling within the Paris Vulgate group of texts. Manuscript Bibles all had texts that differed slightly, and the copy used by Gutenberg as the exemplar for his Bible has not been discovered.

 

Influence on later Bibles

The Gutenberg Bible had an incalculable effect on the history of the printed book. Textually, it also had an influence on future editions of the Bible. It provided the model for the 36 Line Bible, while a Strasbourg edition of the Bible from 1470 is known to have been set from the copy now in Cambridge University Library. The Gutenberg Bible also had an influence on the Clementine

Pope Clement VIII

Pope Clement VIII , born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from 30 January 1592 to 3 March 1605.-Cardinal:...

 edition of the Vulgate commissioned by the Papacy in the late sixteenth century.

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“Surprise! The first Bible printed by Gutenberg was the CATHOLIC Bible! LOL!”

The 1611 version of the King James, it’s first printing, included all the books of the bible, those we call the apocraphal books that today are found only in Catholic bibles.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Surprise! The first Bible printed by Gutenberg was the CATHOLIC Bible! LOL! ***

But then, Gutenberg went bankrupt, and his press was seized by creditors.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Straw man argument. Read my post carefully. And you act like Gutenberg acted by papal authority in printing the Bible. He did actually do some printing under the papal authority but only in the respect of printing indulgences for the Catholic church.

Nice try in an attempt to change the subject though.