Here is the miracle of the King James Bible in action. Words from a doubly alien culture, not an original text but a ... of office (Obama using Lincoln's copy, others, Washington's).

Notably, James also commissioned a new version of the Bible. The King James Bible has since been widely praised for the quality and beauty of its translation and interpretation. The true legacies ...

One of James's great contributions to England was the Authorised King James's Version of the bible (1611) which was to become the standard text for more than 250 years. But he disappointed the ...

For various reasons, up until well after the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church generally resisted the ...

All seven of the original scrolls now reside in their ... LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Publication of the King James Bible in 1611 set the standard for English Scripture for some ...

Yet it produced many of the high points of English culture, from the masterworks of Jacobean theatre to the King James Bible to the work of John Donne. In government, science and finance ...

The one used for Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 will be stacked with a timeworn copy given to Trump ... into family roots. His Bible — a King James Version passed down from his ...

A lot of folks think that the King James Version was a new ... gave each person an American flag, held up a copy of the RSV, ripped out the page that contained Isaiah 7, and burned it. The story is ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters is partnering with musician Lee Greenwood on a campaign to encourage donations of Bibles to Oklahoma classrooms.