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William Tyndale
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William Tyndale was an English Bible translator and reformer who lived during the early Protestant Reformation. He is significant because his translation work helped make the Bible accessible to English speakers, which was considered radical and dangerous by church authorities at the time.
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Top works
- Researchers Library of Ancient Texts - Volume IV : The Reformers
- The Gospels: Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Wycliffe and Tyndale Versions Arranged in ..
- The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- The first printed English New Testament
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Quotes
- “I had perceived by experience, how that it was impossible to stablish the lay people in any truth, except the scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue, that they might see the process, order, and meaning of the text.”
- “This word church has diverse significations.”
- “I defie the Pope and all his lawes. If God spare my life, ere many yeares I wyl cause a boy that driveth the plough to know more of the Scripture, than he doust.”
- “I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.”
- “Lord ope the King of England's eies.”
- “Evangelion (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word and signifieth good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that maketh a man's heart glad and maketh him sing, dance, and leap for joy.”
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1494 , Gloucestershire , England
- Died
- October 1536 (aged 42), near Vilvoorde , Duchy of Brabant , Habsburg Netherlands
- Cause of death
- Execution by strangulation then burning
- Alma mater
- Katharine Lady Berkeley's School , Wotton-under-Edge , Magdalen Hall, Oxford , University of Cambridge
- Years active
- 1521 to 1536
- Known for
- Translation of the Penteteuch and New Testament into Early Modern English
- Notable work
- Tyndale Bible
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to William Tyndale, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
William Tyndale (/ˈtɪndəl/; sometimes spelled Tynsdale, Tindall, Tindill, Tyndall; c. 1494 – October 1536) was an English Biblical scholar and linguist who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He translated much of the Bible into English and was influenced by the works of prominent Protestant Reformers such as Martin Luther.
Tyndale's translations were the first English Scriptures to draw directly from Hebrew and Greek texts, the first English translation to take advantage of the printing press, the first of the new English Bibles of the Reformation, and the first English translation to use Jehovah ("Iehouah") as God's name. It was taken to be a direct challenge to the authority of the Catholic Church and of those laws of England maintaining the Church's position. The work of Tyndale continued to play a key role in spreading Reformation ideas across the English-speaking world.
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