1599 Geneva Bible

Many of you who are my friends know that I have been reading through Calvin's Institutes this year. This year celebrates the 500th birthday of John Calvin.

I recently got a copy of the 1599 Geneva Bible - Calvin Legacy Edition by Tolle Lege Press. They have fixed the spelling to be more like own own spelling. (Olde is Old, Newe is New etc...)
In the back of this bible there is also a Glossary defining older words that are used. The bible itself does not have the Apocrypha in it. This bible comes with a CD that contains PDF's of the 1599 Geneva Bible, the Apocrypha and Metrical Psalms.

I am impressed with this reprint of the Geneva bible. It reads very similar to the KJV.

I have learned some things about the Geneva bible that I did not know.

The Geneva bible is the bible the Puritans used. The Puritans did not like the KJV bible. This was surely due to the fact the Geneva bible was suppressed by Monarchs. King James in particular did not like the Geneva bible. He said it was subversive.

As a result the KJV was more Anglican oriented. The Geneva bible was strictly Protestant and had the hands of Calvin all over it.

Calvin believed in a more democratic form of Government. He also wanted the Church to be separate from the State (the State ran the churches). King James was the head of the Church of England.

So those are the high points so far.

Grace and Peace