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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, ANDREW SMITH wrote:
> The last I heard, the KJV had never been "authorized" by anybody for any
> purpose. King James himself merely contracted for it to be produced, but
> he didn't "authorize" it.

Actually, the KJV probably was authorized.  However, no such authorization 
by the king or pr. council is extant.  In the days of early English Bibles, 
authorized meant appointed for use in Anglican churches.  I do not know 
that it meant any more than that.

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