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Last Ent Wife (RCIA)
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Last Ent Wife (RCIA) asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 1 decade ago

How many books did the original 1611 KJV contain?

When the King James Version of the Bible was first published in 1611, how many books of the Bible did it contain?

In what year were the number of books of the Bible changed and by whom?

**HINT - IT'S NOT 66.**

Best answer will be the first to quote an accurate source.

Update:

You've almost got it St. F, we just need an answer to the second part.

Update 2:

There you have it! =]

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    80 at first

    http://www.geocities.com/cott1388/kjv.html

    http://www.thelostbooks.com/missing.htm

    Source(s): Unknown to almost all of the over two billion people who claim the Bible as their spiritual foundation is that there are several books and two sections missing missing from all but a few versions of that Bible. Perhaps one of the best kept secrets of the modern Protestant church is that the Bible used by that body is not the original King James Bible. That translation, completed in 1611, and the Bibles published for the use of the clergy and the church members until late in the 19th Century, contained 80 books.
  • Michael
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    There is no chance for me to get the best answer, but I answer anyway. The early church decided which books were to be a part of the canon of Scripture. It was decided somewheres around 325 AD. Their decision was based on internal evidence as to which writings gave clear indication of being inspired of God. Of course, God assisted them in their choices.

    Why in 1611 these "rejected" books or writings were still being included with the chosen 66 is beyond me. It is a mystery.

  • Buzz
    6 years ago

    80

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It contained hebrew apocalypses and apocrypha I don't know how many it was all together according to the Old Testament but it was qiute a few.

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  • WYNNER01
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    80

    Apocrapha included, removed by Archbishop of Canterbury in 1885

    I own a copy which includes a history of the volume.

  • Konswayla
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Beats me.

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