Thomas Cranmer, for example, was burnt at the stake – yet the simple beauty of his Book of Common Prayer, dating from 1549, ...

An original King James Bible is one of only a small number of 1611 editions left in the world. Lexington Herald-Leader On Thursday, as had long been expected, a bill was introduced to read verses ...

The King James Version of the Bible came by its name because it was published in 1611 under the auspices of King James I ... Catholic Bible Press said that the New Revised Standard Version, Catholic ...

rumbling voice to everything from “The Simpsons” to a popular audio recording of the King James version of the Bible. Jones said people in public sometimes didn’t recognize him until they ...

Why we should read lesser-known versions of the Bible. English readers have ... In the original preface to the King James Version of 1611, its translators wrote “that varietie of Translations ...

King James Bible It was King James VI and I who commissioned the Bible published in 1611, and known in Britain as the Authorised Version (AV). He did not translate it himself, and in fact it was not ...

Pictured is the first edition of the 'Authorized Version' of the English Bible, printed in London in 1611 by Robert Barker. Commissioned by King James I, it is also known as the King James Version.

The King James Bible, the most famous version of the world’s most influential book, was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611. "The King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible ...

First, the revered text he is touting is not subject to copyright—a concept that did not exist when the King James Bible was first published in 1611. So he is demanding a high price for a text ...