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To: stfassisi
So what was the real reason William Tyndale was condemned? Was translating the Bible into English actually illegal? The answer is no. The law that was passed in 1408 was in reaction to another infamous translator, John Wycliff. Wycliff had produced a translation of the Bible that was corrupt and full of heresy. It was not an accurate rendering of sacred Scripture.

Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating Ekklesia as congregation and not as "church",
thus undercutting the corporate authority of both the "church" of Rome and the "church" of England.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
1,187 posted on 05/14/2008 7:30:47 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
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To: XeniaSt
Here is a good read for you on this topic

http://extra.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/work/chapters/heresy2.html#BT1

1,194 posted on 05/14/2008 8:09:25 AM PDT by stfassisi ( ("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"-St Francis Assisi))
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To: XeniaSt
Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating Ekklesia as congregation and not as "church", thus undercutting the corporate authority of both the "church" of Rome and the "church" of England.

Thanks for the information. I'm not as well studied on Tyndale as I should be. A little bit of research also showed that he changed "charity" to "love". I wonder why that was?

1,211 posted on 05/14/2008 2:35:54 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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