William Tyndale's Interpretation Of The English Bible

The English Bible Protestants’ belief that faith should be based on religious texts alone pushed the translation of the bible from latin to English. Before the reformation, the interpretation of religious texts lay in the hands of the clergy and not in the masses. There was a backlash against this new version of the bible, but the printing press made it difficult for governments to contain the bible. During this time of new translations, William Tyndale’s translated parts of the bible and Miles Coverdale’s translation of the Psalms, which would become the foundation of the Great Bible. An intellectually focus and Protestant based bible was also created called the Geneva Bible. Additionally, during the reign of Elizabeth I, a revision was ordered to the Geneva Bible by the government, creating the Bishop’s Bible. In response, Catholics created the Douay-Rheims Bible. Lastly, King James and his clergy instructed a new version of the whole Bible to

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