The Irish standard., 1918-03-23
THE PROTESTANT BlBLE-THE KING JAMES
VERSION

VERSION.
Shortly after the beginning of the Reformation both
Catholics and Protestants abored Bibles in
the vulgar tongue The readers of previous articles of
this series understand something of the difficulty in pre-
serving the original text of the when the
translation has through two languages. The
marked interest in the Bible in the middle of the sixteenth
century is attributable to the invention of printing
than to the Reformation ITSELF purchase of
Bible had been impossible for the majority of Chris
ians. With the invention of printing the price of
copy of the Bible much lessened and
many were enabled to Bible and consequently
read it.
Reformers' Need for Bible.
On the part of Protestants there something
than an awakened interest in the Bible and its contents
There was sense of dependence the Bible re-
formers felt that the religion could not prosper or
even continue to exist without the Bible They knew
that if the public relied the the result
OF biblical reading would not conduce to the acceptance
OF doctrines preached by Luther necessary
fore, to provide the with Bible at moderate
COST 1t was necessary also for Professionalism that
ognzed Protestant Bible be found in country
the seeds of Reformation were sown
Luther Not the First Translate Bible Into German
In Germany, Martin Luther aspred St. Jerome
of his day. great harbor the idea
he the first to translate the Bible German 1t is
we'll that the public be of the fact that many
lions OF the Bible already translated into German
before Lutheran began to produce one that would con-
form to his religious IDEAS Every we'll informed
KNOWS that Papal authority is necessary to get recognition
from Catholics for translation of the Bible
completely rejected such authority. In was
garded by his ardent admirers having sent voley of
shot and she'll into the stronghold of Papacy that
Papa power to atoms Luther assumed for himself pre-
eminent authority in matters concerning the context
Blbe In England find his authority usually ignored
England had it's reormers before whom their follow
ers burned incense Before Luther began his work. Tyn
dale in England had rebeled against the Church and
gotten out an English translation of the entire Bible This
edition. however, did not receive approval of all the Eng
fish reformers others attempted to improve upon Tyn
daes edition. The Bishops Bible in time came into
higher favor; but still this failed approval of
the leading men of the faith.
The Authorized Version
The trend of the sixteenth century Reformation was to
the CIVIL ruler to the leading position the church.
AS the reformation progressed in England king Tor
queen) was conceded the place of highest spiritual
tnor1ty IN the new church In too thinking
people, with sane views regarding spiritual guidance were
compelled to recognize their civil ruler sovereign in re-
g1ous matters In the early days of the Reformation
IN England, the need of a Protestant Bible keeny
felt and to make it authoritative it should ordered or
sanctioned by the king. In January 49, 1904 Dr. John
Reynolds, head of the Puritans, urged King James to
order translation of Holy the grounds that
versions allowed in the times of Henry VIII Edward
vi were corrupt and not answerabe to the truth the
original Though the king favored an undertaking
SIX months elapsed before he about choose body
OF men who considered competent to act as trans
lators and compilers Finally July of that year.
the king announced that he had chosen yfour learned
rizo1
Version of the Bible,
Ih1s body of men was divided into six groups The
work was carried mostly at the universities Present
day critics claim this done with the aim of saving
expense This original group to consult with
other recognized scholars, find that before the
Bible was printed the original group was increased to
hyseVen Earnest work begun in year 1907 and
the Bible was finally issued in 1911 This Bible contained
dedication in which stands conspicuouslv servie
aduaton OF King James In the Preface to the Reader
the claim is made that the compers Bible con-
suited HEBREW Greek, Syriac, Latin, Italian Spanish
ana German manuscripts and editions Of the Scriptures
Some OF the reformers themselves that Tyndales
and the Bishops Bible much during the work of
compilation of the Authorized Version.
Need of Revision Appears
1t was not long until protested Biblical scholars claimed
10 IND very in the Authorized Version and
not many decades elapsed until the English parliament
was asked to select to improve their standard Rhle
IL was not however until the 1881 that group of
recognized Biblical scholars set about produce more
acceptable English edition In the 1885 Revised
appeared which properly considered as the Bible
of English speaking people,
The Bible Alone Insufficient to Support Faith
The proessed believer outside church claims that
the Bible can be, and really u.s. the sole rule Of faith
10 be more exact they formerly the Bible was for
all an ln1alble guide AS time went by loyal adherens
OF sect observed considerable deectons from
their ranks among those who claimed to follow the same
RUE OF tath AS the number Of sects mu.
ped the leading thinkers realized that there was
thing wrong with the principal adopted by the ORIGINAL
reformers. Many leading Professionals could be- quoted
who recognized the insucency of the Bible alone as
rule of faith We quote from Doctrine and Doctrina1
Disruption" by w. H. Mallock "Sow1v ,ov;+ob,v