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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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