The first Greek translation of the complete Christian Greek Scriptures was prepared in 1630 by Maximus Callipolites, a Greek monk of Callipolis. This took place under the direction and auspices of Cyril Lucaris, patriarch of Constantinople and a would-be reformer of the Orthodox Church. Within the church, Lucaris had opponents, however, who would not accept any reform attempts or agree to any translation of the Bible into the spoken language.a He was strangled as a traitor. Nevertheless, some 1,500 copies of the translation by Maximus were printed in 1638.

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Cyril Lucaris directed the first Greek translation of the complete Christian Greek Scriptures in 1630

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