Archive for the tag 'Bible'

Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, York 2018

York – Day Three

We went to breakfast a little later than the previous day. Consequently the breakfast room was more crowded due to it being a bank holiday Saturday.

After breakfast we made our way to Barley Hall. I stopped to take some photos along the way and Mr C and my mum carried on ahead. By the time [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 7th 2018

Filed under Faith Foundations

The Birth of Jesus

The Bible Gateway shares an informative graphic of the Christmas Story timeline. The chart shows the people and events of the Christmas story.

This visualization traces the Christmas story as told in Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2, showing you who is with whom throughout the story. Verse references are provided so you can look up each event [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2017

Filed under Books, Faith Foundations, Hay-on-Wye 2015, Holidays

And The Word Was Made Flesh

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2017

Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2015

The Breeches Bible 1611

This rare edition of the Geneva Bible was translated from the Hebrew and Greek by exiles in Geneva. It was imported because, for the first time, the bible had text divided into numbered verses, which was extremely useful for preachers and readers alike.
It was popularly called the Breeches Bible because, wheras the Authorised Version says [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2015

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Manifold Greatness: The Making of the King James Bible

Edited by Helen Moore and Julian Reid
Synopsis:
Manifold Greatness: the Making of the King James Bible tells the story of the commissioning and translation of the King James version of the Bible, first published in 1611. It is richly illustrated with early printed books, manuscripts, artifacts and archival material, such as an annotated Bishops’ Bible of [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2015