All the same, let’s not forget Protestants burned people to death as well.
Jan Has, as just one example, never tried to impose his conscience on anyone.
Now back to the question "Why was the state established church at the time so intent on keeping the Bible inaccessible to the masses that they actually burned people at the stake for actually having it translated and printed into the vernacular language?"
Yes, John Calvin had Michael Servetus burned to death because among some of his faults he opposed infant baptism. It’s ironic that so many Baptist have embraced John Calvin.
Calvin had a very cruel heart.
Well, then, I guess it was OK for the Catholic church to do it, right? I mean, after all, everyone else was doing it too.
“let’s not forget Protestants burned people to death as well.”
Yup. Protestants under James I burned my ancestor at the stake in 1612. Infant baptism is not Biblical, so he refused to do it. Protestants (Anglican/Church of England, etc.) at that time held on to many Catholic tenets, one of which was infant baptism. My ancestor was Baptist; Baptists are not Protestants. Protestants sprung out of the Reformation; Baptists were pre-Reformation and before well... I’ll just leave it at that.
“let’s not forget Protestants burned people to death as well.”
Yup. Protestants under James I burned my ancestor at the stake in 1612. Infant baptism is not Biblical, so he refused to do it. Protestants (Anglican/Church of England, etc.) at that time held on to many Catholic tenets, one of which was infant baptism. My ancestor was Baptist; Baptists are not Protestants. Protestants were the result of the Reformation; Baptists were pre-Reformation and before well... I’ll just leave it at that.