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  {
   "id": "kjv",
   "lang": "en",
   "name": "King James Version (1769)",
   "canon": "protestant",
   "books": 66,
   "verses": 31102,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Public Domain outside the United Kingdom (in the UK the Authorized Version is under perpetual Crown patent / Letters Patent). Source module text: 'The rights to the base text are held by the Crown of England.'",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=KJV",
   "source_url": "https://github.com/scrollmapper/bible_databases/tree/2025/formats/json/KJV.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew",
   "provisional": false,
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": false,
    "status": "protestant_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "King James Version (1611; text of 1769): the Authorized Version of the Church of England. Protestant; not approved by the Catholic Church for liturgical use; this edition has 66 books (no deuterocanonical books). Published here for comparison because it is public domain (outside the United Kingdom, where it is under Crown patent).",
     "es": "King James Version (1611; texto de 1769): la versión autorizada de la Iglesia de Inglaterra. Protestante; no aprobada por la Iglesia católica para uso litúrgico; esta edición tiene 66 libros (sin deuterocanónicos). Publicada aquí para comparar porque es de dominio público (fuera del Reino Unido, donde está bajo patente de la Corona).",
     "it": "King James Version (1611; testo del 1769): la versione autorizzata della Chiesa d'Inghilterra. Protestante; non approvata dalla Chiesa cattolica per l'uso liturgico; questa edizione ha 66 libri (senza deuterocanonici). Pubblicata qui per confronto perché di pubblico dominio (fuori dal Regno Unito, dove è sotto brevetto della Corona)."
    },
    "approval": "none (Catholic); authorized for the Church of England by James I (1611)"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "drc",
   "lang": "en",
   "name": "Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision (1749-1752)",
   "canon": "catholic",
   "books": 73,
   "verses": 35808,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Public Domain",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/translations.json (douayrheims: distribution_license 'Public Domain')",
   "source_url": "https://github.com/scrollmapper/bible_databases/tree/2025/formats/json/DRC.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew (renumbered from vulgate)",
   "provisional": false,
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": true,
    "status": "former_reference_catholic_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Douay-Rheims (NT 1582, OT 1609-1610) in the revision of Bishop Richard Challoner (1749-1752), with ecclesiastical approbation: the Bible of English-speaking Catholics for about two centuries, until the mid-20th century. Replaced in the liturgy by conference-approved translations (New American Bible in the USA; ESV Catholic Edition in England and Wales from 2024), all under copyright and not published here.",
     "es": "Douay-Rheims (NT 1582, AT 1609-1610) en la revisión del obispo Richard Challoner (1749-1752), con aprobación eclesiástica: la Biblia de los católicos de habla inglesa durante unos dos siglos, hasta mediados del siglo XX. Sustituida en la liturgia por las traducciones aprobadas por cada conferencia (New American Bible en EE. UU.; ESV edición católica en Inglaterra y Gales desde 2024), todas con derechos y no publicadas aquí.",
     "it": "Douay-Rheims (NT 1582, AT 1609-1610) nella revisione del vescovo Richard Challoner (1749-1752), con approvazione ecclesiastica: la Bibbia dei cattolici di lingua inglese per circa due secoli, fino alla metà del XX secolo. Sostituita nella liturgia dalle traduzioni approvate da ogni conferenza (New American Bible negli USA; ESV edizione cattolica in Inghilterra e Galles dal 2024), tutte protette da diritti e non pubblicate qui."
    },
    "approval": "ecclesiastical approbation of the Challoner revision (1749-1752)",
    "official_use": "reference Catholic translation in English, c. 1750-1960s",
    "current_equivalents": [
     {
      "territory": "United States",
      "name": "New American Bible (Lectionary) / NABRE (2011)",
      "rights": "Confraternity of Christian Doctrine",
      "read_at": "https://bible.usccb.org/bible",
      "published_here": false
     },
     {
      "territory": "England and Wales; Scotland",
      "name": "ESV Catholic Edition (Lectionary from Advent 2024)",
      "rights": "Crossway",
      "read_at": "https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lectionary/",
      "published_here": false
     }
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "vulgata",
   "lang": "la",
   "name": "Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis (Vulgata Clementina)",
   "canon": "catholic",
   "books": 73,
   "verses": 35809,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Public Domain",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/translations.json (vulgate: distribution_license 'Public Domain')",
   "source_url": "https://github.com/scrollmapper/bible_databases/tree/2025/formats/json/VulgClementine.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew (renumbered from vulgate)",
   "provisional": false,
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": true,
    "status": "former_official_text",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Clementine Vulgate: the official Bible of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1979 (declared authentic by the Council of Trent, 1546; edition of Clement VIII). Replaced by the Nova Vulgata (1979, copyright), which is not published here.",
     "es": "Vulgata Clementina: la Biblia oficial de la Iglesia católica de 1592 a 1979 (declarada auténtica por el Concilio de Trento, 1546; edición de Clemente VIII). Sustituida por la Nova Vulgata (1979, con derechos), que no se publica aquí.",
     "it": "Vulgata Clementina: la Bibbia ufficiale della Chiesa cattolica dal 1592 al 1979 (dichiarata autentica dal Concilio di Trento, 1546; edizione di Clemente VIII). Sostituita dalla Nova Vulgata (1979, protetta da diritti), non pubblicata qui."
    },
    "approval": "Council of Trent, decree Insuper (1546-04-08); Clement VIII, 1592",
    "official_use": "1592-1979",
    "current_equivalent": {
     "name": "Nova Vulgata (1979/1986)",
     "rights": "Libreria Editrice Vaticana",
     "read_at": "https://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/nova_vulgata/documents/nova-vulgata_index_lt.html",
     "published_here": false
    }
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "rv1909",
   "lang": "es",
   "name": "Reina-Valera (1909)",
   "canon": "protestant",
   "books": 66,
   "verses": 31084,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Public Domain ('El texto de la Reina-Valera 1909 es de dominio público.')",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/translations.json (valera: distribution_about)",
   "source_url": "https://github.com/scrollmapper/bible_databases/tree/2025/formats/json/SpaRV.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew",
   "provisional": false,
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": false,
    "status": "protestant_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Reina-Valera 1909: Protestant revision of the Bible of Casiodoro de Reina (1569) and Cipriano de Valera (1602). Not approved by the Catholic Church; 66 books (no deuterocanonical books). Published here for comparison and as a marked fallback where Torres Amat has no verified text.",
     "es": "Reina-Valera 1909: revisión protestante de la Biblia de Casiodoro de Reina (1569) y Cipriano de Valera (1602). No aprobada por la Iglesia católica; 66 libros (sin deuterocanónicos). Publicada aquí para comparar y como relleno, siempre avisado, donde Torres Amat no tiene texto verificado.",
     "it": "Reina-Valera 1909: revisione protestante della Bibbia di Casiodoro de Reina (1569) e Cipriano de Valera (1602). Non approvata dalla Chiesa cattolica; 66 libri (senza deuterocanonici). Pubblicata qui per confronto e come riserva, sempre segnalata, dove Torres Amat non ha testo verificato."
    },
    "approval": "none (Catholic)"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "rv1865",
   "lang": "es",
   "name": "Reina-Valera (1865), con arreglos ortográficos",
   "canon": "protestant",
   "books": 66,
   "verses": 31098,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Public Domain",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/translations.json (sse: same text 'Versión de Cipriano de Valera (1602) Revisada y corregida (1865) Con arreglos ortográficos (2018)', distribution_license 'Public Domain')",
   "source_url": "https://github.com/scrollmapper/bible_databases/tree/2025/formats/json/SpaRV1865.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew",
   "provisional": false,
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": false,
    "status": "protestant_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Reina-Valera 1865 (revision by Ángel de Mora and Henry Pratt, American Bible Society): Protestant; not approved by the Catholic Church; 66 books. Published here for comparison.",
     "es": "Reina-Valera 1865 (revisión de Ángel de Mora y Henry Pratt, Sociedad Bíblica Americana): protestante; no aprobada por la Iglesia católica; 66 libros. Publicada aquí para comparar.",
     "it": "Reina-Valera 1865 (revisione di Ángel de Mora e Henry Pratt, American Bible Society): protestante; non approvata dalla Chiesa cattolica; 66 libri. Pubblicata qui per confronto."
    },
    "approval": "none (Catholic)"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "torresamat",
   "lang": "es",
   "name": "La Sagrada Biblia — Félix Torres Amat (1823; ed. 1836)",
   "canon": "catholic",
   "books": 73,
   "verses": 35809,
   "empty_verses": 26791,
   "license": "Public Domain (Félix Torres Amat, d. 1847). Transcripción: voluntarios de Wikisource en español (texto de dominio público; aportaciones bajo CC BY-SA 4.0 — attribution required: 'Texto: Biblia Torres Amat (1836), dominio público. Transcripción: Wikisource en español, https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Sagrada_Biblia_(XIII)'). Capa OCR: iguridi/bible (sin licencia declarada; texto de dominio público).",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Sagrada_Biblia_(XIII) (Encabezado: traducción Félix Torres Amat, 1836) ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torres_Amat_Bible",
   "source_url": "https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Sagrada_Biblia_(XIII) ; https://github.com/iguridi/bible/tree/b954adfe4ba9c1bd7a9e2d7b537025af3d970fc3/es/src",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-06",
   "quality": "[SEMI]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew (renumbered from vulgate)",
   "provisional": false,
   "partial": true,
   "coverage_chapters": "338/1334",
   "attribution": "Texto: Biblia Torres Amat (1836), dominio público. Transcripción: Wikisource en español, https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Sagrada_Biblia_(XIII)",
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": true,
    "status": "former_reference_catholic_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Torres Amat (1823-1825; edition of 1836): translation from the Vulgate by Félix Torres Amat, later bishop of Astorga, with ecclesiastical approval; the Catholic Spanish Bible of reference through the 19th century and until Nácar-Colunga (1944). Never a liturgical text (Mass was in Latin until the 1960s). Published here PARTIALLY: only chapters that match the Clementine Vulgate verse by verse.",
     "es": "Torres Amat (1823-1825; edición de 1836): traducción de la Vulgata por Félix Torres Amat, luego obispo de Astorga, con aprobación eclesiástica; la Biblia católica de referencia en español durante el siglo XIX y hasta Nácar-Colunga (1944). Nunca fue texto litúrgico (la misa fue en latín hasta los años 60). Publicada aquí PARCIALMENTE: solo los capítulos que cuadran versículo a versículo con la Vulgata Clementina.",
     "it": "Torres Amat (1823-1825; edizione del 1836): traduzione dalla Vulgata di Félix Torres Amat, poi vescovo di Astorga, con approvazione ecclesiastica; la Bibbia cattolica spagnola di riferimento nel XIX secolo e fino a Nácar-Colunga (1944). Mai testo liturgico (la Messa era in latino fino agli anni '60). Pubblicata qui PARZIALMENTE: solo i capitoli che coincidono versetto per versetto con la Vulgata Clementina."
    },
    "approval": "ecclesiastical approval (Spain, 1823-1825); translator later bishop of Astorga (1834)",
    "official_use": "reference Catholic translation in Spanish, c. 1825-1944; not a liturgical text",
    "current_equivalents": [
     {
      "territory": "Spain",
      "name": "Versión oficial de la Conferencia Episcopal Española (2010)",
      "rights": "Conferencia Episcopal Española",
      "read_at": "https://www.conferenciaepiscopal.es/biblia/",
      "published_here": false
     },
     {
      "territory": "Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay",
      "name": "El Libro del Pueblo de Dios (1981)",
      "rights": "copyright",
      "read_at": "https://www.vatican.va/archive/ESL0506/_INDEX.HTM",
      "published_here": false
     },
     {
      "territory": "Latin America (common option)",
      "name": "Biblia de la Iglesia en América (CELAM, 2019)",
      "rights": "CELAM",
      "published_here": false
     }
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "diodati",
   "lang": "it",
   "name": "La Sacra Bibbia — Giovanni Diodati (1649; testo CrossWire ItaDio)",
   "canon": "protestant",
   "books": 66,
   "verses": 31102,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Public Domain",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/translations.json (giovanni: distribution_license 'Public Domain')",
   "source_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/giovanni/<1-66>.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew",
   "provisional": false,
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": false,
    "status": "protestant_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Giovanni Diodati (Geneva, 1607; revised 1641): Reformed (Calvinist) translation; not approved by the Catholic Church; 66 books. Published here for comparison.",
     "es": "Giovanni Diodati (Ginebra, 1607; revisada 1641): traducción reformada (calvinista); no aprobada por la Iglesia católica; 66 libros. Publicada aquí para comparar.",
     "it": "Giovanni Diodati (Ginevra, 1607; riveduta 1641): traduzione riformata (calvinista); non approvata dalla Chiesa cattolica; 66 libri. Pubblicata qui per confronto."
    },
    "approval": "none (Catholic)"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "riveduta",
   "lang": "it",
   "name": "La Sacra Bibbia — Riveduta Luzzi (1927)",
   "canon": "protestant",
   "books": 66,
   "verses": 31102,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Public Domain",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/translations.json (riveduta: distribution_license 'Public Domain')",
   "source_url": "https://api.getbible.net/v2/riveduta/<1-66>.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew",
   "provisional": false,
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": false,
    "status": "protestant_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Riveduta (Giovanni Luzzi, 1927): Protestant revision of Diodati; not approved by the Catholic Church; 66 books. Published here for comparison.",
     "es": "Riveduta (Giovanni Luzzi, 1927): revisión protestante de Diodati; no aprobada por la Iglesia católica; 66 libros. Publicada aquí para comparar.",
     "it": "Riveduta (Giovanni Luzzi, 1927): revisione protestante della Diodati; non approvata dalla Chiesa cattolica; 66 libri. Pubblicata qui per confronto."
    },
    "approval": "none (Catholic)"
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "martini",
   "lang": "it",
   "name": "La Sacra Bibbia — Antonio Martini (1769-1781)",
   "canon": "catholic",
   "books": 73,
   "verses": 35713,
   "empty_verses": 0,
   "license": "Text: public domain (Antonio Martini, d. 1809). Structured data: Parola Viva — Giovanni Novelli, CC-BY-4.0 (attribution required: 'Testo: Bibbia Martini. Dati: Parola Viva, Giovanni Novelli, https://parolaviva.art/opendata, CC BY 4.0').",
   "license_evidence_url": "https://parolaviva.art/datapackage.json ; https://parolaviva.art/opendata",
   "source_url": "https://parolaviva.art/api/v1/bibbia/<sigla>/<cap>.json",
   "source_consulted": "2026-11-05",
   "quality": "[HARD]",
   "psalm_numbering": "hebrew (renumbered from vulgate)",
   "provisional": false,
   "attribution": "Testo: Bibbia Martini. Dati: Parola Viva, Giovanni Novelli, https://parolaviva.art/opendata, CC BY 4.0",
   "church_status": {
    "catholic_approval": true,
    "status": "former_reference_catholic_translation",
    "summary": {
     "en": "Antonio Martini, archbishop of Florence: translation from the Vulgate (NT 1769-1771, OT 1776-1781), praised and approved by Pius VI (brief of 1778-03-17); the Catholic Italian Bible of reference for nearly two centuries, until the CEI Bible (1971). Replaced by the CEI 2008 text (copyright), not published here.",
     "es": "Antonio Martini, arzobispo de Florencia: traducción de la Vulgata (NT 1769-1771, AT 1776-1781), elogiada y aprobada por Pío VI (breve del 17-3-1778); la Biblia católica italiana de referencia durante casi dos siglos, hasta la Biblia CEI (1971). Sustituida por el texto CEI 2008 (con derechos), no publicado aquí.",
     "it": "Antonio Martini, arcivescovo di Firenze: traduzione dalla Vulgata (NT 1769-1771, AT 1776-1781), lodata e approvata da Pio VI (breve del 17-3-1778); la Bibbia cattolica italiana di riferimento per quasi due secoli, fino alla Bibbia CEI (1971). Sostituita dal testo CEI 2008 (protetto da diritti), non pubblicato qui."
    },
    "approval": "Pius VI, brief of 1778-03-17",
    "official_use": "reference Catholic translation in Italian, 1781-1971",
    "current_equivalents": [
     {
      "territory": "Italy",
      "name": "Bibbia CEI 2008",
      "rights": "Conferenza Episcopale Italiana",
      "read_at": "https://www.bibbiaedu.it/",
      "published_here": false
     }
    ]
   }
  }
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}