Well, maybe the original text itself wasn't poet, but the King James English translation was (or the Latin translation)? I do know that several monks started to translate the Bible into English so the people (even though most of them were illiterate) could read it and the (sometimes corrupt) priests wouldn't have to read it to them from the Latin translation. Because the priests were able to read Latin, they could manipulate the text's meaning to take advantage of the unknowing worshipers.
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