I think most Protestants would agree that the King James Bible is one of the greatest achievements of their religion. Indeed, it is the starting point for all the different interpretations used in a spectrum from Quakers to Westboro.

But the church (and state- the two were absolutely intertwined) that brought it into being believed in, and persecuted, witches and heretics.

The Authorised Version was published in 1611 and much media space was given over to the celebration of the anniversary last year. The Lancashire witches were hanged in 1612, and Edward Wightman was burned at the stake for Heresy in Burton-on-Trent in the same year. I doubt if we'll see people queuing to take the credit for these barbarous acts this year.