His ruling passion was a simple one: he wanted to render the defining texts of his age and culturethe Old and New Testamentsin an accurate English translation which even the boy that driveth the plough could grasp.
1 posted on
12/28/2008 6:56:33 PM PST by
GSP.FAN
To: GSP.FAN
2 posted on
12/28/2008 7:17:08 PM PST by
Mercat
(God doesn't call me to be successful. God calls me to be faithful. Mother Teresa)
To: GSP.FAN
3 posted on
12/28/2008 7:49:09 PM PST by
Alex Murphy
( "Every country has the government it deserves" - Joseph Marie de Maistre)
To: GSP.FAN
He and Caxton are responsible for establishing irregular spelling conventions that bedevil school kids and foreigners learning English to this day.
6 posted on
12/28/2008 9:09:17 PM PST by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order.)
To: GSP.FAN
Tyndale was a hero plain and simple. A pox on those who advocated suppression of the scriptures from the common man.
7 posted on
12/28/2008 10:27:10 PM PST by
ColdSteelTalon
(America land soon to be of the enslaved...)
To: Fred Nerks; NYer
8 posted on
12/29/2008 8:37:22 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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