History
Articles and pages dealing with the history of the Church and the Bible, including famous historical figures, events, or ideas that have shaped the Church and Christians.
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(1526) The Tyndale New Testament
In 1526, William Tyndale became the first person to translate the New Testament from the original Greek into English. Just a decade later, he was strangled and then burned at the stake on October 6, 1536. His crime? His belief that Scripture ought to be accessible to the common man. His dying words were, “Lord,…