***Actually, Henry VIII was very devoted to Catholic doctrines. Check out the Six Articles.***
Some of the doctrines. The point is that the Tyndale incident was three years after Henry took over the English Church. He had no love for the Pope and did not follow his orders. Tyndale was not executed by the Pope or on his orders; he was not even executed regarding the bible that he published.
Jan Hus was not executed for publishing an English language Bible. He was executed for publishing the inflammatory and heretical “De sex erroribus” (which he posted on the wall of the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague), and “De ecclesiâ”. He went before the Council of Constance and was convicted of spreading heretical doctrine.
John Rogers was not executed for publishing an English language Bible. He was executed for treason against the Crown and for heresy against the Church (the nature of the Church and the Sacraments).
***The first English language Bible allowed by the Catholic Church was the Rheims Bible (1582), which was translated directly from the Vulgate.***
Mostly, that is correct.
***The work of Tyndale, Rogers, Erasmus, etc had been translated directly from Greek and Hebrew manuscripts (the original languages of the Bible).***
There is a whole lot of information as to where these guys got their information. I’ll try to address it when I have more time.
The first English language Bible allowed
So it was perfectly acceptable to execute people for disagreeing with Catholic doctrines?