Fascinating little article by Hitchens in this month's Vanity Fair. It's becoming common knowledge that he likes the KJV (for it's literary style and influence, of course!) but it's interesting to see that when he likes something he doesn't swing into his usual hyperbolic rhetoric. Bishop Andrewes and his colleagues, a mixture of clergymen and classicists, […]
The King’s English
This is a great way to start the New Year! Glen of Christ the Truth has started up a fantastic little blog for 2011 entitled “The King's English: The English we speak and the King who shaped it“. He's picked out 365 famous phrases and sayings from the KJV (which celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2011) […]
Church Times 100 Years Ago - How Things Change
In what must have seemed a moment of deep irony for whoever had to edit it, the Church Times “100 Years Ago” column this week is a real cracker! HAVING done our best to bury that version of the English Bible known, for some occult reason, as the “Authorized”, we are now invited to whiten […]
UK Secularists Unhappy with BBC Recognising Significance of KJV
Interesting little article in the UK Telegraph. Secularists attack day of Bible readings on Radio 4 Regular shows will be dropped from the schedule to make way for the readings, which will run from early morning till midnight. While the move has been welcomed by the Church, it has prompted secularists to complain to […]