Tag: Protestant
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King James Bible at 400 900 Years of Getting the Bible into “English”
An Illustrated Lecture Joel F. Drinkard, Jr. Lecture, 400th Anniversary Celebration of the King James Bible Campbellsville University November 10, 2011 Introduction The year 2011 marked the 400th anniversary of the appearance of the King James Bible. This article looks back briefly at 900 years of historical Bible copying and translating, the 900 years before…
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Sleeping Among the Natives The Moravian Missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatoch
John R. Burch, Jr., PhD From 1734 to 1782, few missionary groups had as much success in attracting Native Americans to Christianity as the Reformed Unitas Fratrum, popularly known as the Moravians. Their success was achieved by their effective efforts to relate to the suffering of native peoples and living among them, which was viewed…