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Stephen Langton was the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1213.
Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury, http://www.answers.com/topic/stephen-langton, signed the Magna Carta.
Stephen Langton died on 1228-07-09.
The chapter divisions commonly used today were developed by Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Langton introduced modern chapter around A.D. 1227. The Wycliffe English Bible of 1382 was the first Bible to use this chapter pattern. Since the Wycliffe Bible, nearly all Bible translations have followed Langton's chapter divisions.
Chapters were introduced by Archbishop Stephen Langton sometime between 1207 and 1228. Verses were not introduced until 1551, when Robert Estienne included them in his publication of the Greek New Testament.
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterburyhttp://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/wbible.htmWhile Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro is also known to come up with a systematic division of the Bible (between 1244 and 1248), it is Langton's arrangement of books and chapters that remains in use today.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Langton#Chapters_of_the_BibleAnytime someone mentions a Bible verse such as "John 3:16" or "First Corinthians 12:4" they are taking advantage of Langton's great labor of love.http://web.archive.org/web/20070812102927/http://geocities.com/Heartland/2964/homilypentecostsunday.html
Pope Innocent III placed the whole of England under an interdict in 1208 when King John refused to appoint the Vatican's nominee Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury. King John was excommunicated in 1209, but then made big profits from English cathedrals and monasteries after their leaders went into exile. In 1212 it was resolved John decided to accept Langton as a way of getting back in favour before an invasion of France (which turned out a disaster).
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Archbishop Stephen Langton and Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro determined the Biblical chapters between 1227 and 1248 AD. Before then, the Bible was in paragraphs, and in the originals had no chapters, verses, or spaces between words and letters. In the 16th Century, the Geneva bible included verses, which have in general been maintained in modern English bibles.
Basil Langton's birth name is Basil Cedric Langton.
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