The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, recently printed a speech by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron commemorating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

I was a little disappointed that, in its brief introduction to the speech, it didn’t mention the Catholic alternative to the King James—the Douay-Rheims Version, which actually was finished in 1609, two years before the King James was finished in 1611—but I was fascinated to read the speech.

I’m not a fan of David Cameron, and I most vehemently disagree with some of his views, but the speech he delivered on the King James was the most remarkable political speech I’ve read since I don’t know when. There were aspects to it that were astonishing.

Given the deathgrip that secularism has on British culture—where even shows aimed significantly at children, like Doctor Who, are littered with references to homosexual marriage—I would never have expected Cameron to say some of the things he did in the speech. Many are hard to imagine an American president saying as well. Consider:

The King James Bible is as relevant today as at any point in its 400 year history. And none of us should be frightened of recognising this. . . .

[W]e are a Christian country. And we should not be afraid to say so.

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