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Byzantine Text-Type
Also called Constantinopolitan, Syrian, Ecclesiastical, or Majority. The largest number of surviving manuscripts fit into this group for any of three possible reasons: (1) They were considered superior to Alexandrian manuscripts; (2) they were more readily available and widely circulated when Christianity became legal under Emperor Constantine; or (3) Byzantine churches were the only churches in the Roman Empire that continued to copy manuscripts in Greek after the fourth century.
Related: Textus Receptus, Alexandrian Text-Type
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