Throughout Christian history, the Gospel of John has been valued
for its spiritual depth. The Fourth Gospel commands special
attention, with its unique theological vocabulary as it presents
to readers a Jesus full of wisdom and glory. The incarnate Word
of the Fourth Gospel reveals his unique relationship with God in
long speeches and metaphorical "I am" sayings, while performing
marvelous works as "signs" that point to his identity. Moravian
missionaries translated this gospel in the early years of the
19th century as the first biblical book in the language of the
Labrador Inuit, and had it printed in England by the British and
Foreign Bible Society. In so doing, they established a long-
lasting relationship between our province and the Bible Society,
which now spans more than two centuries. Relationship with Bible
Society Shortly after the founding of the Bible Society in 1804,
its foreign secretary, the Reverend Charles Frederick Adolphus
Steinkopff, established contact with the Moravian Church.
Steinkopff