King James Version

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> My Sr. Pastor, Bro. Bob E. Koonce, goes so far as to say that other
> "translations" of the bible are just "commentaries" based on an established
> religion that agrees with the board of translators of the group/institution
> that's sponsoring the new text.  He'd say the such-n-such bible is based on
> baptist doctrine, the so-n-so bible is based on methodist/lutheran/etc
> doctrine....

And so the KJV is the Church of England Bible.  The Authorized Version
was "authorized" by the secular head of the Church of England, King
James I.

And to tie into another thread :-), the word for "Passover" in Acts
12:4 is translated as "Easter" in the KJV.

Richard Masoner