William Tyndale Research Paper

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William Tyndale wanted to use the same 1516 Erasmus text as a source to translate and print the New Testament in English for the first time in history. William Tyndale was the Captain of the Army of Reformers, and was their spiritual leader. Tyndale holds the reputation of being the first man to ever print the New Testament in the English language. Tyndale was a true scholar and genius. Additionally, Tyndale was so fluent in eight languages that it was said one would think any one of them to be his native tongue. He is frequently referred to as the “Architect of the English Language”, (even more so than William Shakespeare) as so many of the phrases Tyndale designed are still common in our language today.
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Tyndale had been forced to flee England, because of the wide-spread rumor that his English New Testament project was underway. Furious inquisitors and bounty hunters searched constantly for Tyndale's trail to arrest him and eliminate his project. Devine intervention stopped their plans, and in 1525-1526 the Tyndale New Testament became the first printed edition of the scripture in the English language. Subsequent printings of the Tyndale New Testament in the 1530's were often elaborately illustrated. They were burned as soon as the Bishop could confiscate them, but copies trickled through and actually ended up in the bedroom of King Henry VIII. The more the King and Bishop resisted its distribution, the more fascinated the public at large became. The Catholic church was furious, stating it contained thousands of errors as they torched hundreds of New Testaments confiscated by the clergy, while in fact, they burned them because they could find no errors at all. One risked death by burning if caught in mere possession of Tyndale's forbidden

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