Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:05 pm
KJV was not the first English Bible:
...1535: The Coverdale Bible
....1537: The Matthew’s Bible
....1539: The Great Bible (The first “Authorized Version”)
....1560: The Geneva Bible
....1568: The Bishops Bible (The second “Authorized Version”)
What many do not realize is that the King James Version is actually an ecclesiastical, governmental Bible. When you learn the true history of the King James Version– what surrounded its translation, who authorized it, who translated it, etc. – you will recognize that what is commonly known as the “Authorized Version”(AV), could easily be referred to as the Anglican Version(AV) – or the Anglo-Catholic Version (AV).
King James was the ecclesiastical head of the Church of England – the Anglican Church – and he was the governmental head of Britain – King of England. With England’s marriage of church and state, we have a prime example of Babylon the Great – with James being the religious monarch, the Royal “Defender of the Faith.” Probably the only thing the average “King James Bible believer” knows about King James is that their Bible is named after him.
History would seem to tell us that far from rushing out to buy or make use of this new translation, people preferred to use an English translation from fifty years earlier – the Geneva Bible. The King James Bible of 1611, that monument of dignity and reverence, has not always been as beloved as some people would like to think … In fact, it was so objectionable to many people of its time they would have nothing to do with it. The Pilgrims, for example, would not even allow it onboard the Mayflower, preferring instead the Geneva Bible of 1560.
...1535: The Coverdale Bible
....1537: The Matthew’s Bible
....1539: The Great Bible (The first “Authorized Version”)
....1560: The Geneva Bible
....1568: The Bishops Bible (The second “Authorized Version”)
What many do not realize is that the King James Version is actually an ecclesiastical, governmental Bible. When you learn the true history of the King James Version– what surrounded its translation, who authorized it, who translated it, etc. – you will recognize that what is commonly known as the “Authorized Version”(AV), could easily be referred to as the Anglican Version(AV) – or the Anglo-Catholic Version (AV).
King James was the ecclesiastical head of the Church of England – the Anglican Church – and he was the governmental head of Britain – King of England. With England’s marriage of church and state, we have a prime example of Babylon the Great – with James being the religious monarch, the Royal “Defender of the Faith.” Probably the only thing the average “King James Bible believer” knows about King James is that their Bible is named after him.
History would seem to tell us that far from rushing out to buy or make use of this new translation, people preferred to use an English translation from fifty years earlier – the Geneva Bible. The King James Bible of 1611, that monument of dignity and reverence, has not always been as beloved as some people would like to think … In fact, it was so objectionable to many people of its time they would have nothing to do with it. The Pilgrims, for example, would not even allow it onboard the Mayflower, preferring instead the Geneva Bible of 1560.