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To: Krodg
The movable type printing press was invented during the fifteenth century by a German Roman Catholic named Johann Gutenberg.He died a couple of decades before Luther was born.The Gutenberg Bible is reportedly the first major work printed in the West(about 1454).

A significant percentage of folks in Western Europe could not then read. Bible Book Stores did not make their appearance til the 20th century.

105 posted on 10/29/2003 8:37:49 PM PST by IGNATIUS
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To: IGNATIUS
Thank you for your help. Could you tell me when the New Testament canon was decided?
106 posted on 10/29/2003 8:59:24 PM PST by Krodg (I believe, I pray and I fight.)
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