tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post3323670954997386049..comments2024-03-05T09:42:44.066-08:00Comments on Rational Rant: Dubious Documents: The Case of the Bible of the Revolutionsbhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074136019151416282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post-29215928224785403552008-09-19T14:53:00.000-07:002008-09-19T14:53:00.000-07:00The book referred to is selective in its documenta...The book referred to is selective in its documentation. Please check the Papers of Continental Congress at Footnote.com; for instance, in the collection "Locating the Seat of Goverenment" is 30 pages of documentation including expense accounts, printers inquiries, letters, referring to Aitken's bible as a "School Bible." This effectively puts a nail in the coffin of any arguments to the contrary by incompetant, bigoted "historians," such as those who attacked James Hutson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post-29392926647669336962008-05-21T14:35:00.000-07:002008-05-21T14:35:00.000-07:00Anonymous:David Barton (of Wallbuilders) is not a ...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>David Barton (of Wallbuilders) is not a reliable source. You should do your own research and not trust those who distort history for political ends.sbhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074136019151416282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338594.post-66208481490277529962008-05-04T19:07:00.000-07:002008-05-04T19:07:00.000-07:00History of the Aitken BibleOn January 21, 1781, Ro...History of the Aitken Bible<BR/><BR/>On January 21, 1781, Robert Aitken presented a "memorial" [petition] to Congress offering to print "a neat Edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools." This is the text of that memorial:<BR/><BR/>To the Honourable The Congress <BR/>of the United States of America <BR/>The Memorial of Robert Aitken <BR/>of the City of Philadelphia, Printer <BR/><BR/>Humbly Sheweth <BR/><BR/>That in every well regulated Government in Christendom The Sacred Books of the Old and New Testament, commonly called the Holy Bible, are printed and published under the Authority of the Sovereign Powers, in order to prevent the fatal confusion that would arise, and the alarming Injuries the Christian Faith might suffer from the Spurious and erroneous Editions of Divine Revelation. That your Memorialist has no doubt but this work is an Object worthy the attention of the Congress of the United States of America, who will not neglect spiritual security, while they are virtuously contending for temporal blessings. Under this persuasion your Memorialist begs leave to, inform your Honours That he both begun and made considerable progress in a neat Edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools, But being cautious of suffering his copy of the Bible to Issue forth without the sanction of Congress, Humbly prays that your Honours would take this important matter into serious consideration & would be pleased to appoint one Member or Members of your Honourable Body to inspect his work so that the same may be published under the Authority of Congress. And further, your Memorialist prays, that he may be commissioned or otherwise appointed & Authorized to print and vend Editions of, the Sacred Scriptures, in such manner and form as may best suit the wants and demands of the good people of these States, provided the same be in all things perfectly consonant to the Scriptures as heretofore Established and received amongst us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com