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).

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...