Comfortable Words

The King James Bible of 1611, a model of straightforward English made for reading aloud.

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The Authorized or ‘King James Bible’ of 1611 is a model of straightforward English, made for reading aloud. This section of the site also includes a selection of prayers and hymns in Church English.

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The Apostles’ Creed The Book of Common Prayer

A short declaration of faith, from the early years of the Western churches.

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The Authorized Version

A list of all the books in the Authorized ‘King James’ translation of the Bible.

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The Comfortable Words The Book of Common Prayer

Four short passages from the New Testament appointed to be read aloud in the English Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

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About the Authorized Version Clay Lane

In 1611, a team of scholars delivered to King James I of England the new translation of the Bible that he had commissioned from them.

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A Collect for Trinity Sunday

A Prayer for the Sunday after Whit Sunday.

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A Collect for Easter Day The Book of Common Prayer

A short prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, for the day of Christ’s resurrection.

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The Son of God Goes Forth to War Reginald Heber

A hymn in praise of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr.

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