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Grace Baptist Church
3616 Broadwater Avenue
Billings, Montana
406-656-8333
info@gracebaptistbillings.org
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The 1568 Bishops Bible: The “Rough Draft”
of the King James Version
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A leaf from the 1568 First Edition of the
Bishops Bible. These leaves are 436 years
old. The Church of England throughout
history has authorized three versions of
the Bible: The first, was the 1539 Great
Bible. As those Bibles were then getting
close to 30 years old, the next generation
of English Authorized Bibles was the 1568
Bishops Bible. Finally, as those Bibles
were then getting to be over 40 years old,
the next and final step was the 1611 King
James Bible… the only one still
actively published today. No collection is
complete without a Bishops leaf.
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These leaves are from Pulpit folios,
quite large, measuring between 15 and 16
inches tall by between 10 and 11 inches
wide. They were printed on 100% rag
cotton linen sheet, not wood-pulp paper
like books today, so they remain in
excellent condition… even after
over 400 years. Each leaf is a unique
piece of ancient artwork, carefully
produced by the King’s printers,
one-at-a-time using a movable-type press,
and later bound together into whole
Bibles. These genuine original
antiquities are very rare and precious
pieces of our history and our Christian
heritage. Each leaf comes with a
beautiful Certificates of Authenticity.
Imagine… having a favorite passage
of scripture from the Bible that was
later revised to become the famous King
James Bible: the Bishops Bible.
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