Did the experts and authorities behind the King James Version believe that their work was divine, inspired and inerrant?
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As you know, there are Baptist and Protestant sects throughout the English-speaking world that believe that the King James Version is the best - or only - completely trustworthy theological resource. They believe that the translators behind the King James Version were not mere literary scholars, but Spirit-filled saints who were placed by destiny to create a completely perfect Bible for the people of their place and time.
It's just now occurred to me that those people had their own thoughts and opinions about their place in history. What would they say, if we could ask them? Conjecture aside, are there any historical quotes from those men regarding whether they believed their work was inerrant?
Did anybody working on the King James Version ever say something to the effect of, "We are filled with the Holy Spirit and we believe that the work we created is perfect" ? Or conversely, "Even experts make mistakes, we gave it our best shot" ?
It is of course very unlikely that committee members could independently "leak to the press" their personal opinions, and have their words preserved in history. But did the government of James I's own time or the Church of England of his time make any official statements regarding the inerrancy of the King James Version?
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Oct 23, 2021, 08:07 PM
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