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Post by redsoxfan on Apr 13, 2008 13:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by Cepha on Apr 13, 2008 13:47:09 GMT -5
 Wow! Hey M, you believe "in" that?
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Post by emily445455 on Apr 13, 2008 16:02:05 GMT -5
LOL wayyyy too much reading.
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Post by Cepha on Apr 13, 2008 20:22:02 GMT -5
How are you ever going to learn if you don't read your bible?
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Post by emily445455 on Apr 13, 2008 20:27:51 GMT -5
I'll read my Bible...the website isn't the Bible.
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Post by Cepha on Apr 14, 2008 11:05:01 GMT -5
I'll read my Bible...the website isn't the Bible. Well, that introduction is in your bible M. |
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Post by emily445455 on Apr 14, 2008 12:32:19 GMT -5
...No it's not. Just stuff about how to use the study bible and "we're glad you chose to use the KJV study bible", lol.
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Post by redsoxfan on Apr 15, 2008 11:27:19 GMT -5
Dang it. Let me search around and see I can find a different link for you em.
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Post by redsoxfan on Apr 15, 2008 11:29:54 GMT -5
Dang it. Let me search around and see I can find a different link for you em.
Ah here it is a cut and paste job.
Preface to the 1611 King James
Authorized Version Bible
General Information
The King James Version of the Bible
Preface
Dedication to King James
To the most high and mighty prince, James, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the Faith, etc.
The Translators of the Bible wish Grace, Mercy, and Peace, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
Great and manifold were the blessings, most dread Sovereign, which Almighty God, the Father of all mercies, bestowed upon us the people of England, when first he sent Your Majesty's Royal Person to rule and reign over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many who wished not well unto our Sion, that, upon the setting of that bright Occidental Star, Queen Elizabeth, of most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of darkness would so have overshadowed this land, that men should have been in doubt which way they were to walk, and that it should hardly be known who was to direct the unsettled State; the appearance of Your Majesty, as of the Sun in his strength, instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists, and gave unto all that were well affected exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we beheld the Government established in Your Highness and Your hopeful Seed, by an undoubted Title; and this also accompanied with peace and tranquility at home and abroad.
But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts than the blessed continuance of the preaching of God's sacred Word among us, which is that inestimable treasure which excelleth all the riches of earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal happiness which is above in heaven.
Then not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it up, and to continue it in that state wherein the famous Predecessor of Your Highness did leave it; nay, to go forward with the confidence and resolution of a man, in maintaining the truth of Christ, and propagating it far and near, is that which hath so bound and firmly knit the hearts of all Your Majesty's loyal and religious people unto You, that Your very name is precious among them: their eye doth behold You with comfort, and they bless You in their hearts, as that sanctified Person, who, under God, is the immediate author of their true happiness. And this their contentment doth not diminish or decay, but every day increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe that the zeal of Your Majesty toward the house of God doth not slack or go backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting itself abroad in the farthest parts of Christendom, by writing in defence of the truth, (which hath given such a blow unto that Man of Sin as will not be healed,) and every day at home, by religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of God, by hearing the Word preached, by cherishing the teachers thereof, by caring for the Church, as a most tender and loving nursing father.
There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and religious affection in Your Majesty; but none is more forcible to declare it to others than the vehement and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and publishing of this work, which now, with all humility, we present unto Your Majesty. For when Your Highness had once, out of deep judgment, apprehended how convenient it was, that, out of the Original sacred Tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our own and other foreign languages, of many worthy men who went before us, there should be one more exact translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue; Your Majesty did never desist to urge and to excite those to whom it was commended, that the Work might be hastened, and that the business might be expedited in so decent a manner, as a matter of such importance might justly require.
And now at last, by the mercy of God, and the continuance of our labours, it being brought unto such a conclusion, as that we have great hopes that the Church of England shall reap good fruit thereby, we hold it our duty to offer it to Your Majesty, not only as to our King and Sovereign, but as to the principal mover and author of the Work; humbly craving of your most Sacred Majesty, that, since things of this quality have ever been subject to the censures of ill-meaning and discontented persons, it may receive approbation and patronage from so learned and judicious a Prince as Your Highness is; whose allowance and acceptance of our labours shall more honour and encourage us than all the calumniations and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay us. So that if, on the one side, we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad, who therefore will malign us, because we are poor instruments to make God's hold truth to be yet more and more known unto the people, whom they desire still to keep in ignorance and darkness; or if, on the other side, we shall be maligned by self-conceited brethren, who run their own ways, and give liking unto nothing but what is framed by themselves, and hammered on their anvil, we may rest secure, supported within by the truth and innocency of a good conscience, having walked the ways of simplicity and integrity as before the Lord, and sustained without by the powerful protection of Your Majesty's grace and favour, which will ever give countenance to honest and Christian endeavors against bitter censures and uncharitable imputations.
The Lord of heaven and earth bless Your Majesty with many and happy days; that, as his heavenly hand hath enriched Your Highness with many singular and extraordinary graces, so You may be the wonder of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity, to the honour of that great God, and the good of his Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour.
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Post by Cepha on Apr 15, 2008 15:35:07 GMT -5
...No it's not. Just stuff about how to use the study bible and "we're glad you chose to use the KJV study bible", lol. So that "stuff" doesn't count? |
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Post by emily445455 on Apr 15, 2008 15:37:09 GMT -5
Not as the Bible, Cepha...that's just intro to the Word of God stuff.
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Post by Cepha on Apr 15, 2008 15:53:48 GMT -5
Not as the Bible, Cepha...that's just intro to the Word of God stuff. But how do you feel about what it says? |
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Post by stelzneri on Apr 15, 2008 17:28:14 GMT -5
A remarkably astute assessment. Obviously quite true even today.  |
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Post by emily445455 on Apr 15, 2008 18:20:00 GMT -5
Cepha- I have no problem with instructions...
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Post by Cepha on Apr 15, 2008 20:55:35 GMT -5
Cepha- I have no problem with instructions... Cool. But your brethren would disagree with you. Supposedly, The Bible alone is sufficient for revelation between you and the Holy Spirit (no outside help neccessary). Funny thing is...that that's something they are taught from outside of The Bible! LOL! I, however, agree with you. 101%.  |
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Post by Cepha on Apr 16, 2008 18:18:21 GMT -5
How many books did the King James Bible have when it was created?
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Post by redsoxfan on Apr 17, 2008 22:25:28 GMT -5
Catholics don't keep people in darkness, we show them a way out. It's just that some like it in there! =P
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Post by cradlecathlic27 on Apr 17, 2008 23:10:50 GMT -5
Cepha, after learning that Jesus used the Septugiate (sp?) which had all the books in it, the KJV is no way possible the "one and only" Bible, it missing tooo much scripture.
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Post by Cepha on Apr 18, 2008 0:09:51 GMT -5
My question still stands...how many books did the original KJV have in it and why was the number of their canon changed 100 years after the first Protestant bible?
;D
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Post by Cepha on Apr 18, 2008 5:42:42 GMT -5
Did The Apostles use The Authorized King James "Version" of The Holy Bible?
ver·sion
–noun
1. a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident. 2. a particular form or variant of something: a modern version of an antique.
3. a translation.
4. (often initial capital letter) a translation of the Bible or a part of it.
5. Medicine/Medical. the act of turning a child in the uterus so as to bring it into a more favorable position for delivery.
6. Pathology. an abnormal direction of the axis of the uterus or other organ.
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Wow! 
