Gleason Archer, The Old Testament of The Jerusalem Bible. Westminster Theological Journal 33 May 1971, pp. This thick volume represents an English version. More than 30 free, emaildelivered, indepth Internet Bible studies to designed to build Christian disciples. Topics include Old New Testament Abraham, Gideon. For Bible teaching audio, video and study tools visit Generation Words home page at www. False Teachings and Contradictions in the Bible by Rich Deem Introduction. Atheists claim that the Bible teaches many false things about the nature of our world. The HTML Bible is free Bible software in a webbased format. If you can surf the web you can use this online Bible software. There is a Speaking Bible that uses. JPG' alt='Bible In Plain Text Or Html' title='Bible In Plain Text Or Html' />Timeline of how we got the English Bible. The fascinating story of how we got the Bible in its present form actually. Timeline. of Bible Translation History. As a background study, we recommend. Bible In Plain Text Or Html' title='Bible In Plain Text Or Html' />Pre Reformation. History of the Bible from 1,4. B. C. to 1,4. 00 A. D., which covers. Hebrew and. Greek, and the 1,0. Dark Middle Ages when the Word. Latin. Our starting point in this discussion of Bible. English language with the Morning. Star of the Reformation, John Wycliffe. Bible In Plain Text Or Html' title='Bible In Plain Text Or Html' />The first hand written. English language Bible manuscripts were produced in the 1. AD by John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor. Wycliffe, also spelled Wycliff amp. Wyclif, was well known throughout Europe for his opposition. Church, which he believed to be contrary. Bible. With the help of his followers, called the Lollards, and his. Purvey, and many other faithful scribes, Wycliffe produced dozens. English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated. Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible. English, that 4. 4 years after Wycliffe had died, he ordered the bones. One of Wycliffes followers, John Hus. Wycliffes ideas that people should be permitted. Bible in their own language, and they should oppose the tyranny. Roman church that threatened anyone possessing a non Latin Bible. Hus was burned at the stake in 1. Wycliffes manuscript Bibles used as kindling for the fire. The last. words of John Hus were that, in 1. God will raise up. Bible In Plain Text Or Html' title='Bible In Plain Text Or Html' />Almost exactly. Martin Luther nailed his famous. Theses of Contention a list of 9. Roman Catholic Church into the church door at Wittenberg. The prophecy. of Hus had come true Martin Luther went on to be the first person to translate and publish the Bible in the commonly spoken dialect of the German people a translation more appealing than previous German Biblical translations. Foxes Book of Martyrs records that. Roman Catholic Church for the crime of teaching their. Lords. Prayer in English rather than Latin. Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press. Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany. Gutenbergs. Bibles were surprisingly beautiful, as each. Gutenberg printed was later colorfully hand illuminated. Born as. Johann Gensfleisch John Gooseflesh, he preferred to be known. Johann Gutenberg John Beautiful Mountain. Ironically. though he had created what many believe to be the most important invention. Gutenberg was a victim of unscrupulous business associates who. Nevertheless, the. Bibles and books. This was essential to the success of the Reformation. In the 1. 49. 0s another Oxford professor, and the personal physician. King Henry the 7th and 8th, Thomas Linacre. Greek. After reading the Gospels in Greek, and comparing. Latin Vulgate, he wrote in his diary, Either this the. Greek is not the Gospel or we are not Christians. The Latin had become so corrupt that it no longer even preserved the message. Gospel yet the Church still threatened to kill anyone who. Latin though Latin. The Mystery Of The Mummy Crackers on this page. In 1. 49. 6, John Colet, another Oxford professor. Mayor of London, started reading the New Testament in. Greek and translating it into English for his students at Oxford, and later. Saint Pauls Cathedral in London. The people were. so hungry to hear the Word of God in a language they could understand, that. Sadly, while the enormous and beautiful. Saint Pauls Cathedral remains the main church in London today, as. Sunday morning worship attendance is only around 2. Fortunately for Colet, he was a powerful. In considering the experiences of Linacre and Colet, the great scholar. Erasmus was so moved to correct the corrupt Latin Vulgate, that in 1. John Froben, he published a Greek Latin Parallel. New Testament. The Latin part was not the corrupt Vulgate, but his own fresh. Greek, which he. had managed to collate from a half dozen partial old Greek New Testament. This milestone was the first non Latin Vulgate. The 1. 51. 6 Greek Latin New Testament of. Erasmus further focused attention on just how corrupt and inaccurate the. Latin Vulgate had become, and how important it was to go back and use the. Greek New Testament and original Hebrew Old Testament languages. English, German, or any other tongue. No sympathy for this illegal activity was to be found from. Rome, with the curious exception of the famous 1. Complutensian Polyglot Bible, even as the words of Pope Leo Xs declaration that the fable of Christ was quite profitable to him continued through the years to infuriate the people of God. William Tyndale was the Captain of the. Army of Reformers, and was their spiritual leader. Tyndale holds the distinction. New Testament in the English language. Tyndale was a true scholar and a genius, so fluent in eight languages that. He. is frequently referred to as the Architect of the English Language. William Shakespeare as so many of the phrases Tyndale. Martin Luther had a small head start on. Tyndale, as Luther declared his intolerance for the Roman Churchs. Halloween in 1. 51. Theses. of Contention to the Wittenberg Church door. Luther, who would be exiled. Diet of Worms Council in 1. New Testament into. German for the first time from the 1. Greek Latin New Testament of Erasmus. September of 1. 52. Luther also published. German Pentateuch. German. New Testament in 1. In the 1. 53. 0s he would go on to publish. Bible in German. William Tyndale wanted to use the same 1. Erasmus text as a source to. New Testament in English for the first time in history. Tyndale showed up on Luthers doorstep in Germany in 1. New Testament into English. Tyndale had been forced. England, because of the wide spread rumor that his English New Testament. Tyndales trail to arrest him and prevent his project. God foiled their. Tyndale New Testament. English language. Subsequent printings of the Tyndale. New Testament in the 1. They were burned as soon as the Bishop could confiscate them, but copies. King Henry VIII. The more the King and Bishop resisted its distribution, the more fascinated. The church declared it contained thousands of. New Testaments confiscated by the clergy. One risked death by burning if caught in mere possession of Tyndales forbidden. Having Gods Word available to the public in the language of the common. English, would have meant disaster to the church. No longer would they. If people were able to read the Bible. They could. not possibly continue to get away with selling indulgences the forgiveness. Purgatory. People would begin to challenge the churchs authority. The contradictions between. Gods Word said, and what the priests taught, would open the publics. Salvation through faith, not works or donations, would be understood. The need for priests would vanish through the priesthood of all believers. The veneration of church canonized Saints and Mary would be called into. The availability of the scriptures in English was the biggest. Neither side would give up without. Today, there are only two known copies left of Tyndales 1. First Edition. Any copies printed prior to 1. Tyndales flight was an inspiration to freedom loving Englishmen who drew. Books and Bibles flowed into. England in bales of cotton and sacks of flour. Ironically, Tyndales. Kings men, who would buy up every copy available. Tyndale used their money to print even more In. Tyndale was caught betrayed by an Englishman that he had befriended. Tyndale was incarcerated for 5. Tyndales last words were. Oh Lord, open the King of Englands eyes. Online Bible Study Sources.