“If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy who drives the plough to know more of the Scriptures than you do.” These were the words William Tyndale hurled at a clergyman of his day. It was a reckless declaration. In that era, translating the Bible into one’s native tongue was… Continue reading Until the Bible Was in Our Hands — Those Who Risked Their Lives to Pass On the Word
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Gutenberg’s Printing Press and Divine Providence: How the Word Changed the World
One Lead Type Overturned History In a workshop in Mainz, Germany, in the 1450s, Johannes Gutenberg (1398–1468) drew inspiration from a wine press, arranged metal type, and applied ink to paper. The result, completed around 1455, was the Gutenberg Bible — the forty-two-line Bible. To modern eyes, it may appear to be nothing more than… Continue reading Gutenberg’s Printing Press and Divine Providence: How the Word Changed the World
A Thousand Years of the Forbidden Book — Why Did the Church Hide the Bible?
1. The Core Issue: Not a “Ban” but “Control” To be precise, the medieval Catholic Church did not completely forbid the Bible. On the contrary, Scripture was the Church’s most sacred text. However, the Church strictly controlled who could read it, in what language, and with what interpretation. Understanding the structure of that control is… Continue reading A Thousand Years of the Forbidden Book — Why Did the Church Hide the Bible?