Revised Version
a revised edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible. The resolution to undertake it was come to by the Convocation of Canterbury in February and May, 1870, and various members were nominated to carry out the work. Co-operation was sought from scholars in the other churches and from an American committee. A better text was constructed, manuscripts being used which had been discovered since ince the Authorized Version had been made. Revision, not retranslation, was aimed at, as few alterations as possible being introduced, and these only if adopted by the votes of twothirds of the translators. Poetry was printed in lines, showing the rhythm.
The New Testament was published in May, 1881, the Old in May, 1885.