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== Criticism ==
== Criticism ==
The KJV Only is comprehensively rejected by religious authorities. Even notable fundamentalist authorities, who used the King James Version in their preaching and writings, originally rejected the viewpoint.
The KJV Only movement is comprehensively rejected by religious authorities from nearly all other branches of Protestant Christianity. Even notable fundamentalist authorities, who used the King James Version in their preaching and writings, originally rejected the viewpoint.
Dr. [[John Rice]], editor of ''[[The Sword of the Lord]]'' and the best known fundamentalist writer of the 1960s and 1970s, wrote:
Dr. [[John Rice]], editor of ''[[The Sword of the Lord]]'' and the best known fundamentalist writer of the 1960s and 1970s, wrote:<ref>However, upon Dr. Rice's death in 1980, ''The Sword of the Lord'' changed its official position and now supports the King James Only Movement, holding to the "KJV Inspiration" viewpoint discussed above. See http://www.swordofthelord.com/beliefs.php</ref>
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<p>I do not want to grow a generation of Christians, who, if you show them that the word "Easter" in Acts 12:4 of the King James Version is not the proper translation but it ought to be "passover," as is true, will decide that we have no Bible, there is no authority in the Bible. To have anybody making such weighty decisions on an immature judgment about a word or two is not right, and I do not want to put a burden on common people that they must assume a scholarship they do not have, in order to understand the Bible.<ref>"[http://www.kjvonly.org/bob/ross_rice_reply_to_fuller.htm Dr. John R. Rice's reply to Dr. David Otis Fuller on the KJV]", ''The Sword of the Lord'', November 28, 1975</ref></p>
<p>I do not want to grow a generation of Christians, who, if you show them that the word "Easter" in Acts 12:4 of the King James Version is not the proper translation but it ought to be "passover," as is true, will decide that we have no Bible, there is no authority in the Bible. To have anybody making such weighty decisions on an immature judgment about a word or two is not right, and I do not want to put a burden on common people that they must assume a scholarship they do not have, in order to understand the Bible.<ref>"[http://www.kjvonly.org/bob/ross_rice_reply_to_fuller.htm Dr. John R. Rice's reply to Dr. David Otis Fuller on the KJV]", ''The Sword of the Lord'', November 28, 1975</ref></p>
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Bob Jones University, an Independent Baptist university in South Carolina, has the following statement on its site:
Bob Jones University, an Independent Baptist university in South Carolina, has the following statement on its site: