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To: circlecity
he was burned at the stake by the Catholic Church for distributing a bible translation other than the Vulgate

His bill of indictment is available in translation on the Internet. "Distributing a Bible translation other than the Vulgate" is not one of the listed offenses. He was tried for heresy and executed in Belgium anyway; they didn't speak English and didn't care about English Bible translations one way or the other.

Henry VIII had broken from the Pope by this time, and strange as it may seem, one of his main objections to Tyndale was that Tyndale agreed with the Pope in rejecting Henry's marriage to Ann Boleyn.

97 posted on 11/21/2011 9:03:19 AM PST by Campion ("It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins." -- Franklin)
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To: Campion
"He was tried for heresy and executed in Belgium anyway"

And the only heresy ever alleged against himn was distributing a bible translation other than the Vulgate.

98 posted on 11/21/2011 9:27:38 AM PST by circlecity
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