Virgil the Roman
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Good advice and yes there is. Protestant Bible Society have worked to remove everything "Catholic" they could from all Protestant Bibles.Recently someone recommended that I read the Douay Rheims Bible as it is a Catholic Bible and free from Protestant "bias". (If there is any)
Now I want to know what you think I should do. I know that in the end the version of the bible you read does not *necessarily* matter but what would you prefer?
King James was James I of England (James VI of Scotland). He did not write the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible that bears his name. He commissioned scholars to create a new translation of the Bible in English and authorized the resulting translation (which is why the KJV is sometimes called simply the Authorized Version).
In January 1604, King James I of England convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the perceived "Catholic" problems of the earlier translations as detected by the Puritans,a faction within the Church of England.
James gave the translators instructions intended to guarantee that the new version would conform to the ecclesiology and reflect the episcopal structure of the Church of England and its beliefs about an ordained clergy.
In May 1606, Parliament passed the Popish Recusants Act which could require any citizen to take an Oath of Allegiance denying the Pope's authority over the king.
Do you think I should read the Douay Rheims instead of the KJV, and if so then why? I also want to pick up the RCC Catechism book too. Are there any specific versions of that I should look out for?