Patriarchal text
| Patriarchal text | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PT |
| Language | Koine Greek |
| NT published | 1904 |
| Textual basis | Byzantine |
| Version revision | 1907, 1912 |
| Publisher | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Religious affiliation | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Website | www |
"οὕτω γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. | |
The Patriarchal text, or Patriarchal Text (PT), originally officially published as The New Testament, Approved by the Great Church of Christ (Greek: Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη ἐγκρίσει τῆς Μεγάλης τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἐκκλησίας), is an edition of the New Testament published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on 22 February 1904. Two revised editions of the PT were later printed by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in respectively 1907 and 1912.
The PT is also known as the Antoniades-text (after Professor Vasileios Antoniades), or Patriarchal Greek New Testament.
The PT is entirely in Koine Greek. There is no Greek New Testament text accepted by everyone within the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Patriarchal text is no exception. The text-type of the PT is Byzantine.