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Originally Posted by Blueridge Baptist  Quote:
Originally Posted by etexas I wanted to ask this since it touches on a couple of threads going (I did not want to jack them though), I know that after the AV was released in 1611, many Puritans detested it and it was nearly a century before it was embraced by the Reformed. What caused the Geneva to fade into the background and the AV to gain wide acceptance? |
Mainly because it was made illegal to print it from what I understand. The A.V. was forced upon them. It worked out for the best though it seems. God has powerfully used the Authorized Version. |
True. But it was published in folio in the Colonies (in small numbers, big collectors items!) and could have made a comeback after the Revolution, as an AV guy I "chalk it up" to Providence.
