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Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

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answer to this question in prophecy. And now the<br />

Revised Version, built almost entirely on the<br />

Vatican Manuscript, kept in the Pope’s library, and<br />

upon the Sinaiticus, found in a Catholic monastery,<br />

(types of manuscripts upon which the Vulgate was<br />

built), comes forward and proposes to set aside the<br />

text of our <strong>Authorized</strong> <strong>Bible</strong>.<br />

The <strong>Authorized</strong> Version was translated in 1611,<br />

just before the Puritans departed from England, so<br />

that they carried it with them across stormy seas to<br />

lay the foundation of one of the greatest<br />

governments the world has ever known. The<br />

<strong>Authorized</strong> Version of God’s Holy Word had much<br />

to do with the laying of the foundation of our great<br />

country.<br />

When the <strong>Bible</strong> was translated in 1611, God<br />

foresaw the wide extended use of the English<br />

language; and, therefore, in our <strong>Authorized</strong> <strong>Bible</strong>,<br />

gave the best translation that has ever been made,<br />

not only in the English language, but as many<br />

scholars say, ever made in any language.<br />

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