i believe it was in brussels, controlled by England.
history.
“i believe it was in brussels, controlled by England.
history.”
History. Try reading some, and get back with me. I refuse to spoon feed you history.
History of the Catholic Bible
Tyndale’s Condemnation Vindicated
More than 2,000 errors enumerated in Tyndale’s book
So much then for John Wycliff and his unhappy version. The next man of any consequence we are confronted with is another favorite of the Reformers, another “martyr” for the Bible, and that is William Tyndale. His treatment is also flung in our teeth by critics, as fresh evidence of Rome’s implacable hatred of the open Bible. Did she not persecute and burn poor Tyndale, and consign his copy of the Scriptures in English to the flames? So here again, we must show how wise and consistent was the action of the Catholic Church in England in regard to Tyndale and his translations, and clear her absolutely from the slightest shadow or suspicion of hostility to God’s written Word.
What we are about to speak of now, be it remembered, is the printed Bible, for in 1450 the art of printing was discovered by a man rejoicing in the melodious name of Johannes Gutenberg, (a German), and in 1456 the first book ever printed issued from the press at Mayence, and it was—what? It was the Bible, and it is known as the Mazarin Bible, after Cardinal Mazarin. This again, demonstrates anew what hatred Catholics had in those days to the Bible, and their fear and dread lest it should be known even to exist! The best way to keep it secret, of course, was to print it.
Besides, how could the Bible be printed in 1456? Did not Martin Luther discover it for the first time in 1507? However, joking aside, the fact remains that we have now in our historical review arrived at the point where we bid farewell to copies of the Bible written by the hand, and have to consider only those that were turned out by the printing press from 1456 onwards. On Protestant principles it must seem a pity that the Lord waited so many centuries before He invented printing machines to spread Bibles about among the people; and it seems also very hard on all preceding generations that slipped away without this lamp to their feet and light unto their path.
Well, William Tyndale (and for that matter Martin Luther too), was born almost a 100 years after John Wycliff died, that is, 1494. He studied at Oxford and became a priest, and was seized with the ambition of getting the Bible printed in England. Now, there were three great objections to this step being approved.
http://www.veritasbible.com/resources/articles/Tyndale%E2%80%99s_Condemnation_Vindicated