Posted 5 years ago
Jennmmmgood
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1804 Holy Bible from Oxford. Old and New Testament And the front of The Bible States should be appointed To be read in churches. This Bible was made in London in 1804. Why does this Bible say For the British And foreign Bible society? And were Bibles only to be read in churches?
https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_Foreign_Bible_Society
Excerpt from the Encyclopedia Britannica (on line):
"British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), first Bible society in the fullest sense, founded in 1804 at the urging of Thomas Charles and members of the Clapham sect, who proposed the idea to the Religious Tract Society in London. An interdenominational Protestant lay society with international representatives in London, the British and Foreign Bible Society was mainly concerned with making vernacular translations of the Scriptures available to peoples of all races at a price they could afford to pay."