400-year-old King James Bible found in English church
A printing error helped a 12th century English village church realize it owned a rare 400-year-old King James Bible, the book that changed the world.
The edition that had been sitting on a ledge in the pretty Anglican church in Wiltshire, central England for the past 150 years, barely touched and much less read, is one of only a handful that still exists.
Although a sign above the book indicated it dated back to 1611, it was only after the parochial church council of St. Laurence in Hilmarton decided to get it authenticated during the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible that they made their discovery....