Appreciating Our Bibles
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Choices Galore
Choices Galore
We take the availability of English translation for granted
knowing the history behind our English Bibles helps us to appreciate what we have
We have a plethora of translations that vary in their audience and their translation philosophy
Knowing this bloody history adds value to our Bibles
Two men were very crucial in this process
Opposition
Opposition
The Catholic Church did not want the Bible translated into English
They had control over the Bible and would tell the common folk what it said
They did not want people to formulate their own doctrines
They did not want denomination to come about from it being put into English
It was illegal to read the Bible in English
It was illegal to put the Bible into English
People were killed to prevent this from happening
William Tyndale
William Tyndale
Live c. 1494- c. 1536
English Scholar
Schooled at Oxford University of Cambridge
Fluent in languages and was well versed in 7 languages besides English
The Bible was not allowed to be translated into English
Tried to seek permission to translate the Bible in English. He failed to get this approval.
He moved from England to Europe and started to copy the Bible on his own
He got his New Testament printed by Peter Schoffer in 1526
Bishop Tunstall opposed this and condemned this translation and began burning all the copies he could get his hands on
Tyndale was condemned as a heretic in open court in 1529
Tyndale retreated into hiding but continued his work of translating the entire Bible in to English
Tyndale was eventually betrayed by Henry Phillips in 1535
He was tried on charges of heresy and condemned to be burned alive
Thomas Cromwell interceded for him and he was strangled at the stake and burned after he had been killed
His crime was translating the Bible into English
Within the next 4 years, four English translations had published at the king’s behest. All were based on the work of Tyndale.
I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost! - Tyndale
They have ordained that no man shall look on the Scripture, until he be noselled in heathen learning eight or nine years and armed with false principles, with which he is clean shut out of the understanding of the Scripture. - Tyndale
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
C. 1328 - C. 1384
Oxford Scholar
Wycliffe’s Bible is his notable work
he was a seminary professor at the University of Oxford
Wycliffe argued that the church had fallen into sin
He argued that clergy should live in completer poverty
The clergy lived very wealthy lives during his time
The church and clergy out to give up all property
Wycliffe was summoned in 1377 before the Bishop of London
The exact charges were not known
There was an altercation between Wycliffe’s followers and the Bishop’s
This annoyed the clergy because of the threats made against the churches possessions
Wycliffe believe that the Scriptures were the only authoritative and reliable guide to the truth about God
This led him to translate the Bible into English
This was based off of the Latin Vulgate
He translated the New Testament
John Purvey revised it in 1388
Wycliffe advocated for the Bible to be translated for the common man
His followers wanted the same
They were called Lollards
Wycliffe was later dug up and his bones were burned and thrown into the River Swift
Appreciating the King James Version
Appreciating the King James Version
The KJV ultimately overtook the Bishop’s Bible and the Coverdale Bible
It was originally viewed as a liberal version
It paid homage to the translations that came before it
they translators wanted more translations and knew more would eventually come