A Bible a Bit More Anglican:

The Bishops’ Bible

The success of the Geneva Bible made the deficiencies of the Great Bible very apparent, but the Anglican clergy disliked the Calvinistic slant of the Geneva Bible. They especially disliked its commentary notes. In 1561, Matthew Parker, the Archbishop of Canterbury, submitted a proposal for the production of an alternate, objective revision of the Great Bible that would equal the Geneva Bible in quality. Parker served as editor over a number of specialized translation committees, and each committee worked on various sections of text.

This new translation, nicknamed the Bishops’ Bible, was first published in 1568. It immediately replaced the Great Bible for ecclesiastical use, but it never replaced the Geneva Bible as the Bible of the people.

An interesting footnote at Psalm 45:9 of the Bishops’ Bible reads:

Ophir is thought to be in the land of the west…of late found by Christopher Colombo; fro’ whence at this day is brought most fine gold.

Printed by Richard Jugge in London, England

Second Edition: 1572