All the signs of trouble were there. How did Tyndale miss them? Perhaps he was too hopeful. Perhaps he was tired of having his guard up, and wanted to believe that Phillips really was a genuine friend.
Tyndale at 500: Part 6 – Shipwreck in Holland
Tyndale’s monumental publication of the New Testament in English, 500 years ago in 1526, was accomplished through its printing in Worms, Germany. That was the beginning of the real persecution of Tyndale.
Tyndale at 500: Part 5 – “The Words of the Wise”
So many words that are simply second nature to us as English Bible readers spring from Tyndale’s pen. He forever altered our spiritual and theological vocabulary.
Tyndale at 500: Part 4 – Life as a Fugitive
Tyndale continued to face tremendous opposition from his homeland. It came in the form of voluminous writing against him by Sir Thomas More, and also through Cardinal Thomas Wolsley’s act of declaring him a heretic in 1529.
Tyndale at 500: Part 3 – The White Horse Inn
Historians’ best guess is that William Tyndale was born in 1494—11 years after Martin Luther—making him a mere 42 years old when he was martyred on Oct. 6, 1536.
Tyndale at 500: Part 2 – ‘Singularly Addicted’
Tyndale, lived and died—and surrendered his life—for the cause of translating the Bible into the English language. As Martin Luther had done for Germany, Tyndale also virtually created a unified language for his country in the process.
Tyndale at 500: Part 1 – The Plowboy’s Perspective
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Author’s Note: The following account is fictional, but based on a composite of numerous historical facts. It serves as the backdrop to my forthcoming series in honor of the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale’s translation and publication of the New Testament in English. I hope you enjoy this letter, written to you today from a 16th-century plowboy.
Celebrating England's first Evangelical movement, William Tyndale, and the first printed English New Testament
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“It was John Wycliffe and his followers who translated the Bible into English from Latin in the late 1300s. This led to the Lollards, who comprised England’s first Evangelical movement. From that movement came a man called William Tyndale, who had the drive to translate the New Testament into English from Greek, using Erasmus’ printed Greek New Testament.” - CPost
Tyndale's Brutal Death: Gavin Ortlund Counters the Roman Catholic Version of Events
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Was Tyndale’s translation heretical? Did secular authorities kill Tyndale or was it the Roman Catholic Church? - Truth Unites
