400th Anniversary Of The King James Bible
EDM number 330 in 2009-10, proposed by David Simpson on 02/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Religion and faith communities.
That this House recognises the very significant religious, spiritual, social, political and literary contribution to the United Kingdom that the King James or Authorised Version (AV) of the Bible has had on its people; further recognises the positive impact the AV has had across the world; notes that 2011 will mark the 400th anniversary of the authorised version; congratulates the 2011 Trust in the plans it is making to celebrate this anniversary; welcomes the advance commitment of the BBC to mark it on radio, television and online; and calls on the Department for Culture, Media and Sport officially to mark this highly important anniversary.
This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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