""The Burning of the Bibles"" is a historical book written by John Dowling in 1843. The book is a defense of the Protestant version of the Scriptures against the attacks of Popish apologists for the Champlain Bible Burners. The Champlain Bible Burners were a group of Catholic priests who burned copies of the Protestant Bible in Champlain, New York in 1837. Dowling's book provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the burning of the Bibles...