The Erasmus Project

Resources for developers of Bible software

The erasmus project is an open source collection of public domain materials, and other resources, that have been formatted for easy use and manipulation in conjunction with software. This should not be confused with the erasmus Bible app; it is commercial software. The Erasmus Project is a not-for-profit online resource for the benefit of the whole Christian community. The material on this site is available for free to anyone who wishes to use it for any purpose, commercial or otherwise. Community collaboration, in terms of new materials, and corrections and refinements, is welcome.

The Erasmus Project has the final say on which materials to include and any changes made to them. We welcome a broad range of traditions, but limit the resources to those which are in agreement with traditional Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, and Orthodox Judaism (insofar as it is not anti-Christian). In other words, we do not include fringe material (the Book of Enoch, The Gospel of Thomas, etc), material by fringe groups (Jehovah Witness, Latter Day Saints, etc), or modern revisionist works. We may also decline material that is clearly unBiblical, but do not require that material exactly corresponds to the individual doctrines held by those of us involved in the project. Finally, we are interested only in material that has to do with the Bible, Christianity, biographies of Christians, history of the church, and so forth - not general history, politics, or any other matter.

We limit ourselves to public domain materials or materials that we've otherwise been given specific permission to include. If you find material in violation of copyright, please contact us so that we can remove it.

Updates and new materials are added to the project over time and you should check back periodically to see what is available.

Much of what we have is either scanned from original sources by us, or obtained from the internet by others who have done the same. In either case, we clean up scan errors and other problems, but the intent is to provide material that is exactly as it was originally delivered in print form. No effort is made to try to force the material into some consistent form, however the use of markup tags should aid those who wish to make alterations in the presentation of the material for their own uses. Because of the possibility of changes being made to the original material that we are unaware of, we also indice the provenance of the material. Despite our best efforts, however, some errors may be present. If you have corrections, please contact us

We try to include a lot of useful information, but it is provided for use at the user's discretion. No warranty with regard to the reliability of the material is made. Its use is entirely at the risk of the user.

Finally, we do not endorse anyone's use of this material nor do we try to police its use. Our focus is on providing quality material. What you do with it is up to you. Therefore, do not imply that your product or web site has our approval or endorsement. Any references or links to specific ministries, persons, or products are simply for the convenience of visitors to our site and do not imply an endorsement by us.