The Strangled Scholar Who Set England on Fire
In October 1536, William Tyndale was led from his prison cell in Vilvoorde Castle near Brussels to a stake surrounded by bundled sticks. His crime...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 1:16.
In October 1536, William Tyndale was led from his prison cell in Vilvoorde Castle near Brussels to a stake surrounded by bundled sticks. His crime was translating the New Testament into English so that, as he once told a clergyman, "the boy that driveth the plough" might know more scripture than the priests. His final words, shouted loud enough for the gathered crowd to hear, were a prayer: "Lord, open the King of England's eyes."…
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