The Translation They Burned Became the Foundation
William Tyndale spent his final days in a cold Belgian prison cell in 1536, convicted of heresy for the crime of translating Scripture into English....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29.
William Tyndale spent his final days in a cold Belgian prison cell in 1536, convicted of heresy for the crime of translating Scripture into English. Church authorities had burned his Bibles in public bonfires across London. Bishops denounced his work as dangerous. King Henry VIII's agents hunted him across Europe for years before finally catching him in Antwerp. On October 6, executioners strangled him and burned his body at the stake.…
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