Anonymous ID: 45cb88 Dec. 27, 2021, 11:20 a.m. No.15263411   🗄️.is 🔗kun

All art is propaganda, commissioned by the elite.

 

In 1604, England’s King James I authorized a new translation of the Bible aimed at settling some thorny religious differences in his kingdom—and solidifying his own power.

 

But in seeking to prove his own supremacy, King James ended up democratizing the Bible instead. Thanks to emerging printing technology, the new translation brought the Bible out of the church’s sole control and directly into the hands of more people than ever before, including the Protestant reformers who settled England’s North American colonies in the 17th century.

 

https://www.history.com/news/king-james-bible-most-popular