Great Bible
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The Great Bible is an English translation of the Bible first authorized for use in the Church of England in the 16th century, notable as the first "authorized version" and a major step in making Scripture accessible to English-speaking laypeople.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Bible canonical | 11 |
| Great Bible 1539 | 1 |
| King’s Bible | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934791 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Bible Context triple: [Tyndale Bible, influenced, Great Bible]
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A.
Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
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B.
Bishops' Bible
The Bishops' Bible was an English translation of the Bible produced under the authority of the Church of England in the 16th century and served as the principal Anglican Bible before being superseded by the King James Version.
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C.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
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D.
Douay–Rheims Bible
The Douay–Rheims Bible is an early English translation of the Latin Vulgate produced by English Catholics in exile during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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E.
King James Version
The King James Version is a landmark 17th-century English translation of the Christian Bible renowned for its majestic prose and lasting influence on English literature and religious practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Bible Target entity description: The Great Bible is an English translation of the Bible first authorized for use in the Church of England in the 16th century, notable as the first "authorized version" and a major step in making Scripture accessible to English-speaking laypeople.
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A.
Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
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B.
Bishops' Bible
The Bishops' Bible was an English translation of the Bible produced under the authority of the Church of England in the 16th century and served as the principal Anglican Bible before being superseded by the King James Version.
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C.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
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D.
Douay–Rheims Bible
The Douay–Rheims Bible is an early English translation of the Latin Vulgate produced by English Catholics in exile during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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E.
King James Version
The King James Version is a landmark 17th-century English translation of the Christian Bible renowned for its majestic prose and lasting influence on English literature and religious practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible
ⓘ
English Bible translation ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cranmer Bible
ⓘ
King’s Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Great Bible
Whitchurch Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Lollard Bible
|
| authorizedBy |
Church of England
ⓘ
Henry VIII of England ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Erasmus’s Latin New Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions
Latin Vulgate ⓘ
linked to:
Vulgate
Martin Luther’s German Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Luther Bible
Tyndale’s New Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Tyndale Bible
Tyndale’s translation of parts of the Old Testament ⓘ |
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Thomas Cromwell ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Myles Coverdale ⓘ |
| contains |
Apocrypha
ⓘ
linked to:
Apocrypha (in early editions)
New Testament ⓘ Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| describedAs |
first authorized version of the Bible in English
ⓘ
first officially authorized English Bible for use in churches ⓘ |
| editor | Myles Coverdale ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
expanded lay access to Scripture in English
ⓘ
helped standardize biblical English ⓘ major step in the English Reformation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bishops’ Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Bishops' Bible
King James Version ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | authorized for use in the Church of England ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse | appointed to be read in churches ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large folio format
ⓘ
placed in parish churches for public reading ⓘ |
| patron | Thomas Cromwell ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Coverdale Bible
ⓘ
Tyndale Bible ⓘ |
| printer |
Edward Whitchurch
ⓘ
Richard Grafton ⓘ |
| printingLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Paris ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1539 ⓘ |
| purpose |
public reading in the Church of England
ⓘ
to make Scripture accessible to English-speaking laypeople ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| successor |
Bishops’ Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Bishops' Bible
Geneva Bible (in popular use) ⓘ
linked to:
Geneva Bible
|
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Bible Description of subject: The Great Bible is an English translation of the Bible first authorized for use in the Church of England in the 16th century, notable as the first "authorized version" and a major step in making Scripture accessible to English-speaking laypeople.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Great Bible
linked to: Great Bible