At Westminster in London, Guy Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parliament building, jumps to his death moments before his execution for treason.
On the eve of a general parliamentary session scheduled for November 5, 1605, Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, found Guy Fawkes lurking in a cellar of the Parliament building. Fawkes was detained and the premises thoroughly searched. Nearly two tons of gunpowder were found hidden within the cellar. In his interrogation, Fawkes revealed that he was a participant in an English Catholic conspiracy organized by Robert Catesby to annihilate England’s entire Protestant government, including King James I. The king was to have attended Parliament on November 5.
Over the next few months, English authorities killed or captured all of the conspirators in the “Gunpowder Plot” but also arrested, tortured, or killed dozens of innocent English Catholics. After a brief trial, Guy Fawkes was sentenced, along with the other surviving chief conspirators, to be hanged, drawn, and quartered in London. On January 30, 1606, the gruesome public executions began in London, and on January 31 Fawkes was called to meet his fate. While climbing to the hanging platform, however, he jumped from the ladder and broke his neck, dying instantly.
In remembrance of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated across Great Britain every year on the fifth of November. As dusk falls in the evening, villagers and city dwellers across Britain light bonfires, set off fireworks, and burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes, celebrating his failure to blow up Parliament and James I.
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Satan’s attempt to prevent the publishing of the King James Bible…published a mere five years afterwards.
THAT is what everyone should be celebrating!
Who’s the satanist that downvoted this? Golly, I’m not sure I understand that.
If by ‘Satan’ you mean out of control ‘ego’, then perhaps.
A very common affliction.
KJV has too many omissions and butchered translations to be relied on by itself.
Just as an example: KJV translates both Sheol and Hades as Hell when they have very distinct meanings from Gehenna or The Pit which both translate to Hell. And it is missing books from the OT.
Great points you make.
I can forgive Anglican England finding its religious identity and taking some odd turns back in ye olde tymes. I am thankful that better translations of the source material were revealed to the faithful through careful work at modern junctures.
Good day to you also, T.C.S. 🙂