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Reply to "The Continental Confederation Congress, Religion, And 20,000 Bibles!"

Originally Posted by Bill Gray:
quote:   Originally Posted by CrustyMac:
It was not published under Congressional patronage or sponsorship.  On the contrary, all Congress did was have its two chaplains review the Bible for accuracy, and therefore they were only recommending it as an accurate version.  They gave as much weight to the "progress of arts."

Hi Crusty,

 

From the Library of Congress web site (and my original post):


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Aitken's Bible:

Aitken published Congress's recommendation of September 1782 and related documents (Item 115) as an imprimatur on the two  pages following his title page.  Aitken's Bible, published under Congressional patronage, was the first English language Bible published on the North American continent.


The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments:

Newly translated out of the Original Tongues. . . .

Philadelphia: printed and sold by R. Aitken, 1782

Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (116)

 

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Y'all come back now, ya heah?

 

Bill

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I've shown you the actual Congressional text, just because the writer of the article misinterprets the event doesn't make it true.  As I understand the word "patronage", Congress was not a patron.  It merely had it's two Chaplains review the publication for accuracy - and they reported that it was accurate enough - so that Congress could give it a thumbs up as being a legitimate Bible.  The FDA does this with meat all the time. 

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