Authorized Version
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But Mr. Kirkpatrick has a backup plan — the Authorized Version, better known as the King James Bible.
From Washington Times • May 26, 2021
What became known as the King James, or Authorized, Version was based heavily on the Geneva Bible but more in conformity to the Church of England, McDermott said.
From Washington Times • May 11, 2019
We may imagine him as a stuffed robe-and-crown who gives a thumbs-up to the Authorized Version and fades into muffled bedchambers, but James was a serious man of letters.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2014
It is unquestioned that for the past 300 years the Authorized Version has been the greatest single formative influence in English prose style.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon the table were the various infidel publications, and three Bibles—the Authorized Version, the Douay, and Priestley.
From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by Weylland, John Matthias
