People died because of a book. Simply for reading it. Simply for translating it. Simply for holding it in their hands. In medieval Europe, the Bible was a forbidden text. Ordinary people caught reading it faced execution. The church and state joined forces to keep this book out of the hands of the people. Why?… Continue reading The Bible Is Revolutionary — The Book That Made Kings Tremble
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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