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To: NEWwoman

The purpose of the King James Bible, which is based on the Wycliff Bible, was to present the Scriptures to the people in a language they understand. That is why it is written in 16th Century English.

This isn’t the 16th Century and we do not speak Middle English in everyday discourse. To insist on the sole use of the KJV in public worship runs against the very ideal that lead to the KJV in the first place. As Article XXIV says “It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church to have public Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people.”


18 posted on 12/11/2011 4:06:06 PM PST by bobjam
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To: bobjam
Beauty is truth, truth beauty.
22 posted on 12/11/2011 5:26:59 PM PST by Vide
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I have no argument with what you said.

I own and read different versions - some modern - KJV - NKJV - even the Catholic version with Aprocrypha. With the internet and such sites as biblegateway, etc. ... it’s a God send.


25 posted on 12/11/2011 6:31:15 PM PST by NEWwoman (God Bless America)
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