Re Bible:
If I recall correctly, the Bible he held up belonged to the White House (Lincoln’s?). We did analyze it. I will see what I can dig up.
IIRC, we didn’t see too much in the writing on the church’s marquee... except that it said “all are welcome.”
According to the church’s rector, Reverend Rob Fisher, during the protests “a fire was lit in the nursery, in the basement of Ashburton House”. Fisher wrote that the fire was small, wrecking the nursery room but leaving the rest of the church and parish house untouched, except by graffiti which had been quickly fixed.
Trump arrived at St. John’s Church at 7:06 p.m. His daughter, Ivanka, handed him a Bible which she carried there in her handbag. Trump turned the Bible over, and held it aloft as he stood in front of Ashburton House beside the church noticeboard. A reporter asked “Is that your Bible?” and Trump replied, “It’s a Bible.” Trump made no formal remarks. When asked if he had any thoughts, Trump said, “We have a great country. That’s my thoughts. Greatest country in the world. We will make it greater. We will make it even greater. It won’t take long. It’s not going to take long. You see what’s going on. You see it coming back.”
Note: It was AG Barr who made the decision to move the perimeter.
Hendrickson notes, the Bible that Trump held over his head was a Revised Standard Version (RSV). Every English-language Bible is obviously a translation from the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, but there are vast differences among the versions. Not only is the RSV outdated (the New Revised Standard Version, NRSV, was published in 1989 to replace it), but it’s not a Bible that evangelical Christians consider authoritative.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/06/oops-trump-brought-the-wrong-bible-to-his-church-stunt/