King James a homosexual?
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:31 am
Steve:
Friday on your radio program someone called in asking if King James was a homosexual. He was actually quite open about his sexual proclivities. We still have the letters he wrote back and forth with his lover, George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham. James used to call him "Steenie" because he said his face shone like an angel, a refernce to a dying Stephen.
It is believed that their first sexual union took place in August 1615 while they were spending a few days together at Farnham Castle. Many years later, George wrote to James asking "whether you loved me now . . . better than at the time which I shall never forget at Farnham, where the bed's head could not be found between the master and his dog."
There are many more references, letters, and lovers, but I shant bore you with the details. The KJV only people never like this kind of information, but this does seem to be the case.
Suffice it to say, I'm not even remotely anti-KJV. I love the KJV for its many wonderful qualities. I am anti-KJV only, which seems to be both silly and narrow. Like most, I use many different translations and examine the languages as well. The men who translated the KJV were of noble character and good scholars as well. Knowing what they had to work with makes their accomplishment even more impressive.
In His Love,
Tim
Friday on your radio program someone called in asking if King James was a homosexual. He was actually quite open about his sexual proclivities. We still have the letters he wrote back and forth with his lover, George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham. James used to call him "Steenie" because he said his face shone like an angel, a refernce to a dying Stephen.
It is believed that their first sexual union took place in August 1615 while they were spending a few days together at Farnham Castle. Many years later, George wrote to James asking "whether you loved me now . . . better than at the time which I shall never forget at Farnham, where the bed's head could not be found between the master and his dog."
There are many more references, letters, and lovers, but I shant bore you with the details. The KJV only people never like this kind of information, but this does seem to be the case.
Suffice it to say, I'm not even remotely anti-KJV. I love the KJV for its many wonderful qualities. I am anti-KJV only, which seems to be both silly and narrow. Like most, I use many different translations and examine the languages as well. The men who translated the KJV were of noble character and good scholars as well. Knowing what they had to work with makes their accomplishment even more impressive.
In His Love,
Tim