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Yes, you're talking about the "KJV-Only" movement adopted by some primitive Baptists and other fundamentalist sects. There's a big difference between KJV-onlyi
by wyclif 11y ago
Yes, you're talking about the "KJV-Only" movement adopted by some primitive Baptists and other fundamentalist sects.
There's a big difference between KJV-onlyism and preferring the KJV over other translations. The former insists something that the KJV translators themselves never did: that the KJV is the only legitimate Bible translation, and specially favoured and preserved by God over other translations.
- cmdkeen 11y agoIt's also ironic because the translation of the bible into people's native tongues from the Vulgate Latin bible was a major part of the Protestant movement in that it exposed a lot of issues in the Vulgate version which enabled the Protestants to attack Catholic doctrine.
- gtk40 11y agoMy church/denomination (A Presbyterian denomination mostly in Scotland, but my congregation is in North America) uses the KJV as the main Bible in the pulpit. Part of this is to have a standard translation throughout the churches (while the pastor uses other translations to clarify) and partly conviction, without being KJV-only. We prefer the Byzantine tradition manuscripts to the Alexandrian tradition. The KJV is a good translation mainly based on the Byzantine tradition, with some more sticky cases. There isn't as much work being done with the Byzantine tradition these days, as most editions being published, whether evangelical or mainline, use the Alexandrian tradition texts primarily.