I know you won’t believe me, but Tyndale misled a lot of people in my opinion.
What do you mean? I admit I have only heard the pro-reformer point of view, and as latin was not the original language of scriptures anyway, I sincerely don’t see that it is wrong or dangerous for all people to know the word of God.
He gave it to us for a reason-memorization of the first five books of the Torah (Old Testament) was required of all Jewish boys by the time they were 10. He tells us in the Bible to write His words on our hearts. Clearly, the our Lord intended for His people to know and understand His word. Jesus himself often made His point by saying, “As you have read...”. He expected all people, not just the Jewish priests to have read or heard God’s word in their own language. Nehemiah read it to all the people...men, women and children...for hours. Surely they understand the language on which God’s word was being read to them.
Why would having God’s word in a language you can comprehend would be a sin. I’m not trying to be snarky, I’m sincere as I’ve tried and can’t see the problem.
“I know you won’t believe me...”
I can’t help but notice you read minds when it suits you. I know from experience you cry to the moderator when someone has supposedly read yours.
I know you won’t believe me, but Tyndale’s work led to a veritable flood of Bibles circling the globe. Out from under the grip of Rome, God’s Word went out to the people and millions were saved. The two Bibles of early America, the Bibles that shaped this nation—the Geneva Bible and the Authorized/King James Bible—owed a great debt to his work. Scholars estimate that more than 75% of those Bibles were directly from Tyndale. William Tyndale was a towering figure whose impact on the world cannot be overstated. England’s rise as a world-power was a direct result of the Reformation in England and breaking away from the tyranny of Rome. Not only was Tyndale the father of the English Bible, but many consider him the father of Modern English, too. His martyr’s crown is well-deserved.
William Tyndale: The Father of Modern English
http://www.ligonier.org/blog/william-tyndale-father-modern-english/
Well, that certainly was no answer to NorthstarMom’s question.
Could you try again?