Was kings james gay

A: ***Note: Years ago, the very first scrutinize I answered on this site was on the KJV only debate. Therefore, it seems fitting to once again deal with a question on the KJV Bible to commemorate the 500th question answered. I thank the Lord for getting me to this point, and for His blessings on the site.

Somehow, in all my years of being a Christian, I have never heard the charge that King James was a homosexual until the other day. A man (on Facebook…) was saying (in short) that since King James was a homosexual, and he commissioned a Bible that is still used today, homosexuality must be acceptable to God. I HAD to find out more about this!

So, was King James a homosexual? There are websites and articles which display evidence that he was, and also that he wasn’t. The number of websites/articles which show evidence that he was a homosexual far outnumber those which offer proof that he wasn’t. Of course, just because there are more saying that he was means nothing. What’s essential is if the evidence that they show is credible. And the retort, to me at least, is yes.

While the evidence pointing to King James being a homosexual is pret

Mary & George: gay relationships in the time of King James I were forbidden – but not uncommon

The Sky TV series Mary & George tells the story of the Countess of Buckingham, Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore), who moulded her son George (Nicholas Galitzine) to seduce King James I. She believed that, as the king’s lover, her son could become wealthy and wield dominance and influence.

No one identified as a “homosexual” in King James’s time (1566-1625). The word was only coined in the Victorian period and sexuality was not used to construct identities as it is today.

There was also a more fluid concept of gender. Male and female bodies were seen as fundamentally the same, with sexual differences determined by the way bodily humours (fluids) flowed through them.

A man who desired sex with other men was seen as having an imbalance in his humours – and was blamed for failing to manipulation it.

Sexual acts between men were forbidden by the church, citing passages from the the Bible. Corinthians 6:9 classed the “effeminate” and “abusers of themselves with mankind” among the “unrighteous” who would not inherit the kingdom of God.

The puritan theologian William Perkins,

QUESTION: I include been told that King James was a homosexual. Is this true?

ANSWER: No.

EXPLANATION: King James I of England, who authorized the translation of the now famous King James Bible, was considered by many to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, monarchs that England has ever seen.

Through his wisdom and determination he merged the warring tribes of Scotland into a unified nation, and then joined England and Scotland to form the foundation for what is now known as the British Empire.

At a time when only the churches of England possessed the Bible in English, King James' want was that the common people should have the Bible in their native tongue. Thus, in 1603, King James called 54 of history's most learned men together to accomplish this amazing task. At a time when the leaders of the earth wished to keep their subjects in spiritual ignorance, King James offered his subjects the greatest gift that he could provide them. Their own copy of the Word of God in English.

James, who was fluent in Latin, Greek, and French, and schooled in Italian and Spanish even wrote a tract enti

James VI is one of the most well-known and controversial figures in Scottish history. His existence was full of fascinating events, from sponsoring the King James Bible and writing about witchcraft, to scandals in his personal life.

Many historians now assent that James VI was free with his romantic affections. This is likely to have included very close relationships with three men, known as his “favourites”. These relationships were well documented and gossiped about at the time.

In 1617, the English politician and diarist Sir John Oglander remarked:

The King is wonderous passionate, a lover of his favourites beyond the love of men to women. He is the chastest prince for women that ever was, for he would often swear that he never kissed any other lady than his have queen. I never yet saw any fond husband produce so much or so great dalliance over his lovely spouse as I have seen King James over his favourites, especially Buckingham.”

A turbulent childhood

James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was born on 19 June 1566 at Edinburgh Castle. He was crowned King of Scots in the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling when he was just 13 months aged. The coronation was quite a so