Jim1999 said:First, the interpreters of the King James Version included separatists, Presbyterians, Methodists and a few independents as well as a majority of Church of England bishops.
Jim
The interpreters/translators who made the 1611 KJV did not include any separatists, independents, Presbyterians, or Methodists. A few of the KJV translators were or had been Puritans, but the Puritans were still members of the Church of England. All the translators/interpreters were members of the Church of England.
A majority of them were not bishops although they had offices or high positions in the Church of England.
KJV-only author David Cloud claimed that “only three of the men assigned to the KJV translation committee in 1604 were bishops” (Glorious History, p. 153). Gerald Hammond listed five translators as being bishops [Lancelot Andrewes, Thomas Ravis, George Abbot, William Barlow, James Montagu] (Making of the English Bible, pp. 138, 231 note 3). Some translators were made bishops between 1604 and 1611, which includes Ravis in 1605 and Abbot in 1609. Some translators were made bishops after 1611 such as Miles Smith around 1612 and John Overall in 1614 and perhaps some others. Thomas Bilson was also already a Bishop, but he is not listed as a member of any of the six translation groups or committees.