If that was the case then why not call it the King Henry Version or KHV for short? Us Prots sure are a convoluted lot aren't we?
Or, maybe, just maybe, it was logically called the King James Version because, well ... King James authorized it?
Hi R-C,
I was following a thread and what I thought they were discussing was the original version in English of the current KJV of the bible as versus the current original Catholic English translation which was the Dougy-Rheims.
My understanding was the first “official” English translation from the Latin Vulgate was that commissioned by King Henry VIII. Prior to that there was no “English” translation from the Latin.
I agree that the KJV was a subsequent translation of a translation; which initially started with King Henry.
Just like the current version of the Catholic Bible, the New American Bible, is not like the original Dougy-Rheims; so too the current KJV is not like the original translation by Henry VIII’s scholars.
I am sure I will stand corrected by both the protestants and Catholics on this.
AMDG