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Why would that have annoyed Tolkien? He was Roman Catholic, and KJV is a protestant translation.
by baakss 11y ago
Why would that have annoyed Tolkien? He was Roman Catholic, and KJV is a protestant translation.
- protomyth 11y agoTo add, the Vatican has the posted the text of the bible for Catholics http://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/index.htm http://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/index.htm
- hcrisp 11y agoI meant he would be dismayed more because of his love of language and ancient translation, and contrasted to the distaste of his fans' excesses. But I looked it up, and I was surprised to find that he did read the KJV. "The exact Bibles in Tolkien's library are not publicly known, but he probably used the Catholic Douay Version, as well as the Authorized (King James) Version" [1]. "Tolkien knew well the King James Bible of 1611" [2]. [1] (https://books.google.com/books?id=B0loOBA3ejIC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=tolkien+kjv+bible&source=bl&ots=hiFE8CebWi&sig=iiI1VgQDYhhGDkDZ4Y669MUGbXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAmoVChMI44Hus4TQyAIVTJINCh2gmgMq https://books.google.com/books?id=B0loOBA3ejIC&pg=PA63&lpg=P... [2] https://books.google.com/books?id=O5WvohegkLcC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=tolkien+kjv+bible&source=bl&ots=L1EVV2Gg9C&sig=2F39Hlp-wSzriv3NORmxlR71IWk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBGoVChMI44Hus4TQyAIVTJINCh2gmgMq https://books.google.com/books?id=O5WvohegkLcC&pg=PA76&lpg=P...