<P> In 1907 Pope Pius X proposed that the Latin text of Saint Jerome be recovered using the principles of Textual criticism as a basis for a new official translation of the Bible into Latin . This revision ultimately led to the Nova Vulgata issued by Pope John Paul II in 1978 . This final revision was intended to be a correction to the Vulgate based on the critical Greek and Hebrew edition, while retaining as much as possible of the Vulgate's language . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Translation </Th> <Th> John 3: 16 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vulgate </Td> <Td> Sic enim dilexit Deus mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret, ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Theodore Beza </Td> <Td> Ita enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum illum dederit, ut quisquis credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sebastian Castellio </Td> <Td> Sic enim amavit Deus mundum, ut filium suum unicum dederit, ut quisquis ei fidem habeat, non pereat, sed vitam obtineat sempiternam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Neo-Vulgate </Td> <Td> Sic enim dilexit Deus mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret, ut omnis, qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Translation </Th> <Th> John 3: 16 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vulgate </Td> <Td> Sic enim dilexit Deus mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret, ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam . </Td> </Tr>

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