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Question #3
QUESTION: I
have been told that King James was a homosexual. Is this true?
ANSWER: No.
EXPLANATION:
King James I of England, who authorized the translation of the now famous
King James Bible, was considered by many to be one of the greatest, if not
the greatest, monarchs that England has ever seen.
Through his wisdom and determination he united the warring tribes of
Scotland into a unified nation, and then joined England and Scotland to
form the foundation for what is now known as the British Empire.
At a time when only the churches of England possessed the Bible in
English, King James' desire was that the common people should have the
Bible in their native tongue. Thus, in 1603, King James called 54 of
history's most learned men together to accomplish this great task. At a
time when the leaders of the world wished to keep their subjects in
spiritual ignorance, King James offered his subjects the greatest gift
that he could give them. Their own copy of the Word of God in English.
James, who was fluent in Latin, Greek, and French, and schooled in
Italian and Spanish even wrote a tract entitled "Counterblast to
Tobacco",which was written to help thwart the use of tobacco in England.
Such a man was sure to have enemies. One such man, Anthony Weldon, had
to be excluded from the court. Weldon swore vengeance. It was not until
1650, twenty-five years after the death of James that
Weldon saw his chance. He wrote a paper calling James a homosexual.
Obviously, James, being dead, was in no condition to defend himself.
The report was largely ignored since there were still enough people
alive who knew it wasn't true. In fact, it lay dormant for years, until
recently when it was picked up by Christians who hoped that vilifying King
James, would tarnish the Bible that bears his name so that Christians
would turn away from God's book to a more "modern" translation.
It seems though, that Weldon's false account is being once again
largely ignored by the majority of Christianity with the exception of
those with an ulterior motive, such as its author had.
It might also be mentioned here that the Roman Catholic Church was so
desperate to keep the true Bible out of the hands of the English people
that it attempted to kill King James and all of Parliament in 1605.
In 1605 a Roman Catholic by the name of Guy Fawkes, under the
direction of a Jesuit priest by the name of Henry Garnet, was found in the
basement of Parliament with thirty-six barrels of gunpowder which he was
to use to blow up King James and the entire Parliament. After killing the
king, they planned on imprisoning his children, re-establishing England as
a state loyal to the Pope and kill all who resisted. Needless to say, the
perfect English Bible would have been one of the plot's victims. Fawkes
and Garnet and eight other conspirators were caught and hanged.
It seems that those who work so hard to discredit the character of King
James join an unholy lot.
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