Jackie Kaulitz
Puritan Board Freshman
From library books on "how the Bible was built" and "which translation?" and from Wikipedia, I learned that the King James Bible was created by the Church of England with the aim in creating the King James Bible to replace/displace the Geneva Bible. So now I am wondering why Reformers aren't "Geneva-advocates" and "anti-King James bible?" From reading history, I gathered that the Church of England were Anti-Pope and Anti-Calvinist or you could say was a blend of what they considered the best parts of Catholicism mixed with some Reformation. But they weren't fully Reformed. The Church of England has a history of persecuting Calvinists. They seemed less Reformed than Geneva.
I also read that the King James used the Geneva Bible (kept ~60%) and borrowed from other less popular works Catholic/Anglican Bibles (30%) to create the King James Bible?
How is this Bible considered superior to the Geneva considering it borrowed from these other translations?
After hearing such anti-Reformed stories associated with the King James Bible, it feels like the King James Bible is the Bible of the Church of England and not the Bible of the Reformers.
Why would Reformers switch from the Geneva Bible that was created by the Reformers to the King James Bible that was created by the Church of England?
Or are some of these "facts" incorrect?
I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
I also read that the King James used the Geneva Bible (kept ~60%) and borrowed from other less popular works Catholic/Anglican Bibles (30%) to create the King James Bible?
How is this Bible considered superior to the Geneva considering it borrowed from these other translations?
After hearing such anti-Reformed stories associated with the King James Bible, it feels like the King James Bible is the Bible of the Church of England and not the Bible of the Reformers.
Why would Reformers switch from the Geneva Bible that was created by the Reformers to the King James Bible that was created by the Church of England?
Or are some of these "facts" incorrect?
I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
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