[hopespringseternal]

Was there a point to posting this? It had nothign to do with him translating it into English, that had already been done.

Are you simply ignorant of history? Wycliffe was the first translation, and while he was not burned he was put on trial and one of his friends was burned.

Now we see the problem. He was propagating errors. In a monolithic state this is analogous to treason.

A remarkable assertion, since the same monarch that had Tyndale strangled and burned for "errors" authorized a translation that relied heavily on the work of...Tyndale.

[SoothingDave]

Are you simply ignorant of history? Wycliffe was the first translation, and while he was not burned he was put on trial and one of his friends was burned.

All of this is irrelevant. He produced an erroneous version and used it to spread heresy. Being "first" does not make you qualified.

A remarkable assertion, since the same monarch that had Tyndale strangled and burned for "errors" authorized a translation that relied heavily on the work of...Tyndale.

Monarchs don't "authorize" anything. They have no authority to authorize a translation of the Bible. That belongs to the Church.

SD

[dangus]

>> A remarkable assertion, since the same monarch that had Tyndale strangled and burned for "errors" authorized a translation that relied heavily on the work of...Tyndale.<<

Tyndale's "errors" were deliberate, and ideologically prompted. But why start from scratch when you can simply make minor fixes to the work someone has already done?