> [!quote] [What is the history of referring to the the Christian God with capitalized pronouns (He, His)?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/tzclph/what_is_the_history_of_referring_to_the_the/) by [[lux1ucy]] via [[rAskHistorians|AskHistorians]] around 2022-04-06 > >  There was little standardisation of the spelling and grammar of the English language throughout the medieval and early modern periods. In the 17th and 18th centuries, writers tended to capitalise a vast number of nouns which we only find in the lower-case today. > > It was only in the 19th century that writing practices became more standardised, and it is in this period that we first find the deliberate introduction of reverential capitalisation. This was largely in relation to the God of Abrahamic religions, which includes Christianity, and was intended as a display of veneration. It also served to clarify some possible scriptural ambiguities (e.g. when “he” could refer to either God or man). > > This practice has persisted and is used in popular versions of the Bible like the New King James Version.