{"id":2392755,"date":"2025-01-20T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sworn-in-using-2-different-very-special-bibles\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T13:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:40:34","slug":"trump-sworn-in-using-2-different-very-special-bibles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sworn-in-using-2-different-very-special-bibles\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sworn In Using 2 Different, Very Special Bibles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-sworn-in-using-2-different-very-special-bibles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392755&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On january 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tees-up-a-golfball-says-hell-be-47th-president-of-the-united-states\/\" title=\"Trump Tees Up A Golfball, Says He\u2019ll Be \u201947th\u2019 President Of The United States\">47th president<\/a> of the united States \u2064at the U.S. Capitol. During the ceremony, he used two Bibles: one given too him by his\u2062 mother in 1955, a 1953 Revised Standard Version, and the other used by Abraham Lincoln \u2062during his inauguration in 1861. This Lincoln \u2063Bible, which is\u200c part\u2063 of the Library of Congress collection,\u2062 has only\u200c been utilized three times at presidential inaugurations.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony coincided with the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin \u200dLuther King Jr.\u200c Notable figures\u2064 at the event \u2062included Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Rev. Franklin Graham, who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">delivered prayers referencing historical leaders<\/a> \u2063and\u2064 calling for divine \u2064guidance. The \u200cprayers emphasized\u2062 the importance of \u2063faith \u200dand referenced\u200c the challenges Trump faced during his previous term, highlighting \u2064a theme of\u2064 optimism and resilience.\u2064 The\u2062 tradition of placing a\u2064 hand on\u2064 the Bible during the oath of \u200boffice dates back\u2064 to George Washington, who added\u2064 the phrase &#8220;so help me god&#8221; to his oath in 1789.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president using two Bibles at the U.S. Capitol on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-sworn-bible-given-him-his-mother-lincoln-bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported that one of the Bibles was one Trump&rsquo;s mother gave him in 1955 to &ldquo;mark his Sunday Church Primary School graduation at First Presbyterian Church, in Jamaica, New York,&rdquo; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-wisconsin-lawsuit-to-stop-certification-challenges-nearly-160000-votes\/\" title=\"Emergency Wisconsin Lawsuit To Stop Certification Challenges Nearly 160,000 Votes\">news release<\/a> from his inaugural committee.<\/p>\n<p>It is a 1953 Revised Standard Version of the Bible.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First Lady Melania Trump is now holding the Bible President Trump&rsquo;s mom gave him as a kid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uJb1pG20Mb\">pic.twitter.com\/uJb1pG20Mb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1881381610899341763?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The second Bible was first used by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/words-abraham-lincoln-condemn-entire-nevertrump-lincoln-project-goal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abraham Lincoln<\/a> in 1861 when he was sworn in as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-gives-cities-more-power-to-ban-homeless-camps-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court gives cities more power to ban homeless camps - Washington Examiner\">nation&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s 16th president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It has only been used three times since, by President [Barack] Obama at each of his inaugurations and by President Trump at his first inauguration in 2017,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s release said. &ldquo;The burgundy velvet-bound book is part of the collections of the Library of Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s swearing-in happened to fall on the federal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zFFfNGHwXh\">pic.twitter.com\/zFFfNGHwXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1881388119536410969?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-bible-inauguration-day-2025-2017363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> reported that George Washington started the tradition of placing a hand on the Bible while being sworn in as the nation&rsquo;s first commander-in-chief in April 1789.<\/p>\n<p>Washington on his own volition added the words, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov\/WH\/Family\/html\/inauguration_history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So help me God<\/a>&rdquo; to the oath, which succeeding presidents have also followed.<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan and Rev. Franklin Graham offered innovations at Trump&rsquo;s inauguration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cardinal Timothy Dolan leads the opening prayer at the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please, God, Bless America, you are the God in whom we trust&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rT7xNwgOY1\">pic.twitter.com\/rT7xNwgOY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catholics for Catholics &#127482;&#127474; (@CforCatholics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CforCatholics\/status\/1881386278408831109?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dolan referenced Washington, Lincoln, and World War II Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gen-patton-called-entire-army-pray-80-years-ago-just-crucial-battle-unfolded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Patton&rsquo;s exhortation<\/a> to his soldiers to pray in all times. The archbishop also quoted Dr. King saying, &ldquo;Without God, our efforts turn to ashes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cardinal Timothy Dolan leads the opening prayer at the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please, God, Bless America, you are the God in whom we trust&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rT7xNwgOY1\">pic.twitter.com\/rT7xNwgOY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Catholics for Catholics &#127482;&#127474; (@CforCatholics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CforCatholics\/status\/1881386278408831109?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/franklin-graham-delivers-crucial-election-message-trump-event-hope-country-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham<\/a> began his remarks, &ldquo;Mr. President, the last four years, there were times I&rsquo;m sure you thought it was pretty dark, but look what God has done. We praise Him and give Him glory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Many in the Capitol Rotunda then applauded as the preacher smiled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rev. Franklin Graham: &ldquo;Mr. President, the last four years, there were times I&rsquo;m sure you thought it was pretty dark, but look what God has done.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxuaxCYldo\">pic.twitter.com\/cxuaxCYldo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Media Research Center (@theMRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMRC\/status\/1881386511561572773?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Graham started his prayer by quoting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%2033%3A12-22&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 33<\/a>, &ldquo;Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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