...religious freedom. The Popes condemn all Bible Societies, and especially those whose sole objects are to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment. The Second Plenary Council, held in Baltimore in 1866, urged the clergy to "keep away from their own...

...appointed, all of whom were laymen of seven diU'ercnt denominations. The avowed object of the society was to " encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment." In the first year of its existence it issued 6,410 copies of the Scriptures. ?n 1808-99 the issues...

...the Authorized Version, without note or comment." As altered, the latter part of the rule reads, " to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment : the only copies ^jn the languages of the United Kingdom to be circulated by the Society shall be...

...rule — "The designation of the Society shall be the British and Foreign Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be, to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures. The only copies in the languages of the United Kingdom to be circulated by the Society, shall be the...

...Hall, May 11, and elected officers, Elias Boudinot being made president. Under this constitution " the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment" (art. i). The board of managers is composed of thirty-six laymen, one-fourth of whom go out of office...

...Bible Society for almost a century has been carrying on the work for which it was organized. This was to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment, the only copies in the English language to be circulated by the Society to be the version set forth...

...on." In the city of New York, in May, 1816, the American Bible Society was organized, "of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment." It was stipulated further that "this Society shall according to its ability extend its influence to...

...original form : " I. This Society shall be known by the name of The American Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment. The only copies in the English language to be circulated by the Society shall be of the version now...

...IQl6 ARTICLE I This Society shall be known by the name of the AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment. The only copies in the English language, to be circulated by the Society, shall be of the version set...

...Rev. WW Pratt, DD, Dist. Supt. American Bible Society, The (org. 1816, incorp. 1841), Bible House. To encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment. Issues only Bibles and portions of the Bible, and supplies them by sale at cost and by gift. Unsectarian;...