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In the 17th and 18th centuries, it became common to capitalize all nouns, as is still done in some other Germanic languages, including German. In languages that capitalize all nouns, reverential capitalization of the first two letters or the whole word can sometimes be seen. The following is an example in Danish, which capitalized nouns until 1948.
The exclusive use of the King James Version is recorded in a statement made by the Tennessee Association of Baptists in 1817, stating "We believe that any person, either in a public or private capacity who would adhere to, or propagate any alteration of the New Testament contrary to that already translated by order of King James the 1st, that is now in common in use, ought not to be encouraged ...
The sentiment was articulated (but not originated) by what Rev. Samuel T. Bloomfield wrote in 1832: "Surely, nothing dubious ought to be admitted into 'the sure word' of 'The Book of Life'." [ 11 ] The King James Only movement , which believes that only the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible (1611) in English is the true word of God, has ...
In any event, the MoS is policy and it pretty clearly states that the word "god" is not capitalized in the phrase "god of Babylon". The MoS isn't wrong, some people just have trouble accepting and/or understanding it. Religious intolerance takes many forms, I'm afraid. Belch fire-TALK 12:33, 6 January 2013 (UTC) Your example is confused.
John Speed's Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures (1611), bound into first King James Bible in quarto size (1612). The title of the first edition of the translation, in Early Modern English, was "THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Teſtament, AND THE NEW: Newly Tranſlated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Tranſlations diligently compared and reuiſed, by his Maiesties ...
Unlike the New King James Version, the 21st Century King James Version does not alter the language significantly from the King James Version. [3] The author has eliminated "obsolete words". [3] The changes in words are based on the second edition of the Webster's New International Dictionary. [3] There were no changes related to gender or theology.
The first modern, fully "red letter" bible was published in 1901. [2] The red letter bible instantly became popular, and is sometimes favored by Protestant Christians in the United States. The format has been cited as particularly useful in King James Version editions, which do not use quotation marks. [1] [2]
The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in the Hebrew alphabet, All Saints Church, Nyköping, Sweden Names of God at John Knox House: "θεός, DEUS, GOD.". The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. 20:7 or Ps. 8:1), generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God. [1]