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Rare ‘Wicked' bible that encourages adultery discovered in New Zealand

denisohagan — Thu, 12 May 2022 08:48:43 +0000

An extremely rare bible famous for an unfortunate error that encourages adultery has been discovered in New Zealand.

The 1631 "Wicked" Bible, as it has become known, omits the word "not" from its seventh commandment, informing readers "thou shalt commit adultery" Read more

Rare ‘Wicked' bible that encourages adultery discovered in New Zealand

PNG Bishop says King James Bible project political

admin — Thu, 07 May 2015 19:03:22 +0000

The Catholic archbishop of Port Moresby, John Ribat, says the plan by the speaker of parliament, Theo Zurenuoc, to place the bible in parliament to symbolise Papua New Guinea's status as a Christian nation has political aspects to it.

He says that the speaker's plan is backed by a small group of people who do not represent the majority of the country's churches.

Ribat told Radio Australia that such an effort should be "solely the church's and not the government's."

Gregory Poling is an expert on Southeast Asia with the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

He says, "There is significant concern about the propriety of an elected official spearheading an effort like this, and explicitly doing so to promote a more Christian PNG, just as you would find were the U.S. speaker of the House to do the same."

The late Rev. Gene Hood donated the Bible.

Hood, 77, did not live to see the fuss.

He died suddenly of a heart attack, just days after handing over the Bible.

He was an Indianapolis based preacher and globetrotting missionary.

He handed out a lot of Bibles in his life time — in Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, Korea, South Africa.

He oversaw the dispensing of more than a million of them in Russia alone, according to his obituary.

The Bible was not just any Bible.

It was a King James first edition believed published in 1611.

One expert told the ABC the Bible is worth $63,000 to $95,000.

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PNG Bishop says King James Bible project political

Controversy over 400 year old bible donated to PNG

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:03:54 +0000

There's controversy in Papua New Guinea over a trip which has been undertaken to receive a 400 year old copy of the bible from an businessman in Indiana.

Speaker of Papua New Guinea Parliament, Theodore Zurenuoc, led a delegation to the United States of America to receive the bible.

It's believed to be one of the original copies of the King James Bible.

He was accompanied by other MPs and church pastors.

On his arrival back from the United States he was treated to a rousing reception at Jackson's International Airport,

He was carrying and displaying the 400-year-old bible.

It was met with a full ceremonial welcome and a military honour guard.

Radio Australia's correspondent Liam Cochrane said anywhere upward of 10,000 to 20,000 people were there to greet it.

The Post Courier newspaper has estimated the trip cost the taxpayer 31 thousand Australian dollars in air fares alone.

The move is part of Zurenoc's vision; to restore, reform and modernize Parliament, and the National Unity and Identity Pillar project.

He wants the bible to be placed centrally in the chamber.

The general secretary of the PNG Trade Union Congress, John Paska, says he's suspicious of the speaker's motives.

Zurenoc has courted controversy in the past with a campaign to christianise Papua New Guinea politics.

He chainsawed carved heads off the lintel outside parliament, and removed tribal totem poles from inside the chamber.

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Controversy over 400 year old bible donated to PNG