In a survey of 2,000 Americans 84 percent own more than one Bible, the average person has 4 copies of the English Bible in their home. 37 percent read the Bible every day, 22 percent read it 3-5 times a week, 22 percent read it 1-2 times a week, 11 percent read it 2-3 times a month, and 8 percent read it only once a month (Poll). If people knew the pain, loss, and fear that the early people had to go through to translate the Bible into English, maybe people would read and take care of the Bible better. Without the English translation of the Bible people wouldn’t know God’s truth for themselves.
In 1324 John Wycliffe was born in Ipreswel, near Yorkshire.
His family was of early Saxon origin, long settled in Yorkshire. 1324 is the year usually given for Wycliffe’s birth. Wycliffe probably received his early education close to home. It is not known when he first went to Oxford, with which he was so closely connected till the end of his life (English).
At Oxford Wycliffe was known for being an English theologian, philosopher, church reformer, and promoter of the first complete translation of the Bible into English (Wycliffe). He was not able to get his doctorate of theologian until 1372 because of periodic eruptions of the Black Death (Wycliffe). He because the most recognized theologian in all of Europe. Oxford was later blamed for Wycliffe’s actions (History). In 1374 he finally received the Crown of rectory of Lutherworth, with which his name is forever connected. There he lived continuously after his expulsion from Oxford in 1382, there he wrote his later works and collected his friends and missionaries (Trevelyan, 170). Throughout his lifetime, five papal edicts were issued for his arrest. Since England was distancing itself fr...
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...version was completed by his followers in 1388. After Wycliffe translated the Bible into English, each copy took ten months to write by hand (Wycliffe).
John Wycliffe spent his whole lifetime dedicated to the work of translating the Bible into English so the people could read it for themselves. He knew people needed to be able to find truth form themselves. All the people had to depend on before the English Bible was church officials, and the church officials twisted the truth to benefit them. Now the people could call the church officials out and share the real truth with others. People take advantage of the Bible today. Most people have probably never been taught or thought about what was done so we can have the Bible today. If people knew the story of Wycliffe and his followers they would probably read their Bibles more and take better care of it, I know I will.
Many argue that the bible is out of date and unhelpful for humans today. This is not the case though. The bible is essentially the guidebook to leading a perfect and happy life, and just like you would need to read some sort of manual before constructing a product, so to should you read the bible for guidance on your own life. This is what Jehovah's Witnesses try their best to do, though it is not easy because all humans are imperfect.
Julian of Norwich lived during a time of great fear dominated by economic and physical hardships, feudal era of control, fear of death from the bubonic plague, corruption within the church’s hierarchy and doubt and insincerity was rampant amongst believers. Living a simple existence she depende...
Within the book are four main chapters present the reign and legacy of Edward VI Reformation. This book also includes a list of illustrations, acknowledgements, notes, bibliography and an abbreviation list, which helps readers understand in more detail about the Edwardian Reformation.
For thousands of years there have been many transcriptions and changes to the words of God, For example, just in the last thousand years there has been three different transcriptions, The New Testament, Homer, and also Sophocles. For a person not to look for their own interpretation of the lord’s book is
“The King James Bible was 400 years old in 2011, and it remains one of the most favored translation used today” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). “Some statistics from a newspaper said, that out of the people polled thirty-one percent said the King James language was beautiful, and twenty-three percent said it was easy to remember” (“At 400, King James Bible still No. 1”). When the King James Bible was published in 1611 there were many ways it could have been improved. The King James Bible has had a huge impact on the world of today. The King James Bible was published by scholars that King James I gathered from 1604 to 1611. King James did this in order to create a
no doubt that it was written to please King James 1, who at the time
So it can be said that gnosis is secret knowledge revealed to man hat only get by someone or a
The authors focused on writing about problems of the church in the period before the middle ages. Their reasoning for writing about is was purely to learn from the past mistakes and not to imitate it. “There, scholars and mystics studied the past not to imitate, but to learn. The desire to reform was a profound as the need. But to reform the church and society one had to know their original form (Lurier 274).” Northerners in Europe began to use the new invention of the printing press; they began to write their works in the native tongue of the land (the vernacular). Prior to the printing press works were written and then later copied down translating to Greek or Latin. The printing press allowed writers to write in vernacular and be read by many people. There was a huge concern with translating the bible into vernacular because it was an idea of protestant reform. Martin Luther is considered not only to be a reformer (and a founding father of Protestantism), but also a humanist
He also wrote "Accordingly the present Gospel is thought to involve the work of two hands, an evangelist who composed the body of the Gospel,and a redactor who later made additions."
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London about 1340. Although many facts about his life are unknown, it is evident in his writing that Chaucer was a very educated man. After many years of being employed by English nobles, Chaucer began to travel to many different parts of Europe. While on these trips, Chaucer discovered the works...
Wycliffe's influence was never greater than at the moment when pope and antipope sent their ambassadors to England in order to gain recognition for themselves. This “Great Schism ” in the church in 1378 provided a judicious turning point for Wycliffe. Wycliffe preached acceptably in London in support of moderate disendowment, but the alliance with Gaunt led to the displeasure of his ecclesiastical superiors, and he was asked to appear before them in February 1377. He wrote his 33 conclusions, in Latin and English. He had stat that dominion was founded in fortune. Wycliffe was asked to give the king's council his opinion on whether it was legal to withhold traditional payments to Rome, and he responded that it was. Wycliffe was also an plead for translation of the Bible into the slang. It is said that on this occasion Wycliffe minister to as theological counsel to the government, composed a critical tract dealing with the tribute, and defended an unnamed monk over against the conduct of the government and
first gospel to be transcribed in the bible. In addition, the purpose is because Mathew and Luke seem to have very
A Century of Theological and Religious Studies in Britain, 1902–2007 by Ernest Nicholson 2004 pages 125–126
With the advent of the printing press and the protestant reformation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Word of God became available to the common believer. Now, in the twenty first century, people all over the world, can read for themselves the scriptures in their own languages. Consider the Bible studies going on in any given country on any given evening, where people are encouraged to interact with the sacred scriptures. As encouraging as this may be, it may present a problem. Could discussions of what a scripture ‘means to me’ cloud out what the scripture originally meant? Is it even possible to know the author’s intent? Even if we could understand a first century text as its author intended, can we also grasp what it’s supposed to mean to us?
The King James Bible is known as the Bible and in the Bible there is more than 1,200 years of books and different stories in 2 main parts. The Old Testament was written by the Hebrews and New Testament was written by the Greeks. It was completed in 1611 and was a main corner stone to European culture. Back in the day it was in Egyptian which meant that the priests had to learn how to read the Egyptian language. The parable called “The Prodigal Son” is in the King James Bible and when you read this there are some good lessons that you can get out of it and some bad things that you can get out of it.