Ulrich Zwingli with sword & Bible
William Tyndale prints English New Testament with Peter Schoeffer in Worms, Germany 1526
"Lord, open the king of England's eyes." - Martyrdom of Tyndale, 1536.
Tyndale’s prayer had begun to be answered even while he suffered in prison for 15 months prior to his execution. King Henry VIII granted Tyndale’s friends Myles Coverdale and John Rogers licenses to print and distribute Tyndale’s Bible, respectively in 1535 and 1537. Rogers did so with the pen-name Thomas Matthews, and further honoured Tyndale in printing the initials W. T. between the Testaments. Coverdale revised his work, improving the Matthews Bible into the Great Bible in 1539, which gained official authorisation from the English king. Rogers would later be martyred by ‘Bloody’ Mary, with many Englishmen fleeing to Geneva, Switzerland, under Calvin’s ministry, where they continued to improve and complete Tyndale’s work into the Geneva Bible in 1560, the first English Bible entirely translated from the original languages of the Bible into our English vernacular, as was Tyndale’s goal.
John Calvin and Martin Luther
Farel & Calvin banished from Geneva (1538) – Van Muyden (Farel et Calvin bannis de Genève (1538)), colorized
John Knox & John Calvin
Calvin and Knox offer instruction
John Knox in Scotland
Theodore Beza, Calvin's successor
Do you know who holds the rights to the picture on your home page of Tyndale being burned at the stake? I wanted to get permission to use it in my online Bible course. Thanks
David,
It’s a frame still from the film God’s Outlaw, The Story of William Tyndale which I have personally edited, enhanced, and modified. You have permission to use it for non-commercial use under Fair Use. If needed, you can probably obtain a copy of the original frame for use from Greenville Film Productions, Ltd. as distributed by Vision Video.
My rendering essentially changed some of the foreground and especially enhanced and clarified the character of Tyndale.