"But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which is preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ."

- Galatians 1:8-9

The Very First Bible

Before the commission of the Latin Vulgate in 382 A.D., there was only one unified Christian canon: this codex. 

Transcribed and archived in 144 A.D. by St. Marcion of Sinope, it remains the earliest forensic witness to the Christian scriptures - the primary source from which all subsequent Western versions descend. Following a centuries-long period of restricted access necessitated by ongoing systemic pressure, a definitive translation from the original Koine Greek was finalized by an ecclesial commission in 2020. This work represents the first time the specific linguistic nuances of the 144 A.D. primary texts have been restored to the public record, bypassing the theological and political filters of the later Latinized traditions.

This archive preserves the unmediated texts associated with the 34 A.D. revelation of St. Paul the Apostle. The Evangelion (Εὐαγγέλιον) stands as the core narrative certified by his authority; the Apostolikon (Ἀποστολικόν) preserves his ten authentic epistles. Crucially, the original contextual prologues - systemically removed from every other version - remain intact here as vital historical anchors.

This is not a retrospective compilation. It represents the specific Greek source material utilized by St. Jerome when he translated the scriptures into Latin for the Roman Church. The chain of transmission is attested to by the presence of this lineage in the Vatican’s own records, specifically cataloged as Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.A.1.

While the majority of early Christian manuscripts were destroyed during the state-sponsored Diocletian Persecution (303-311 A.D.), this textual lineage survived as a rarity of antiquity. Today, this project serves as a living digital archive, returning these primary documents to the public domain without mediation or cost.

To ensure the historical integrity of the record, this codex includes a Church-vetted Study Guide. This secondary layer of factual and historical context remains strictly separate from the restored scriptures, providing the necessary forensic data to navigate the 2nd-century landscape without theological mediation.