HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE - WILLIAM TYNDALE

Way of Life ^ | 2007 | David Cloud

[dangus]

>> See, there’s the problem. It’s not an “us vs them” issue. <<

And yet I don’t see you criticizing the ridiculous, ages-old slander of the original post. No, you attack the Catholic for defending Catholicism, instead of the Protestant who slandered Catholics.

[Kandy Atz]

Thank God for so many men, some willing to pay the ultimate price, to get God’s Word into the hands of the people.

Here is my original post. The article was specifically about Tyndale who was strangled and burned. In no way did I attack Catholics, or even reference Protestants only, as I acknowledged "so many men" including some who were willing to "pay the ultimate price." Don't you think Gutenberg, Erasmus, Jerome etc. would be included in the "so many men" category?

Why would you automatically assume I did not know about Gutenberg, or many other contributors, from printers to translators, to scholars? Did I really need a history lesson from you? Why would you take offense to such a benign statement in the first place?

Can I just simply be very thankful to have God's Word in my language and in my possession, and recognize those folks, including Tyndale, who made it possible? Who the heck gets offended by that?

[dangus]

Well, Erasmus, no. He was more Dorian Grey than St. Jerome. But I was largely tweaking you.

But by the way, Tyndale was strangled and burned at the stake for opposing the marriage of Henry VIII, not for his bible. Emperor Charles refused to have him exradited to England, citing no evidence of wrong-doing. It’s debatable whether he his alleged crime was heresy for the commentary in his bible or for declaring the King’s marriage immoral. Too bad he wasn’t under the jursidiction of the papal inquisition; they’d’ve prevented the state from calling it heresy.

[dangus]

You’re probably confused why I associated Erasmus with Dorien Grey. I meant Lord Henry FROM Dorien Grey, not the character OF Dorien Grey.