16th Century banned book is.....

For my 16th Century banned book, l found it harder to find books banned in the 1500’s.

I finally did manage to find an interesting article about William Tyndale.



Tyndale was a theologian and scholar and was the first person to translate and print the New Testament into the English language in 1525-1526. He also went on to translate much of the Old Testament from Hebrew into English. Interestingly enough, he was also the first person to take advantage of Gutenberg’s movable-type press for the purpose of printing the scriptures in the English language.



Besides translating the Bible, Tyndale also held and published views which were considered heretical, first by the Catholic Church, and later by the Church of England which was established by Henry VIII. He felt so threatened that he fled to Antwerp and had his translated bible smuggled into England and Scotland. King Henry VIII contacted Emperor Charles V and requested he locate and apprehend Tyndale.



William Tyndale was found and captured in Antwerp (Belgium) in 1535. In a ridiculously unfair trial the following year, he was tried for heresy and found guilty. He was imprisoned in the castle of Vilvoorden for over 500 days of horrible conditions. Tyndale was then strangled and burnt at the stake in the prison yard, Oct. 6, 1536. His last words were, "Lord, open the king of England's eyes." This prayer was answered three years later, in the publication of King Henry VIII’s 1539 English “Great Bible”.

Only one complete copy of this first edition is known to exist, and the British Museum paid $2 million for it in 1948.

Antwerp 2012, Wikipedia, viewed 25^th April 2012.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp

Illuminations and Epiphanies 2012?, Banned books, viewed 25^th April 2012.
http://www.sanftleben.com/Banned%20Books/collection3.html

The History of the Bible in English 2008, Greatsite Marketing, viewed 25^th April 2012.
http://www.tyndale-bible.com/

The History of the Bible in English 2008, Greatsite Marketing, viewed 25^th April 2012.
http://www.tyndale-bible.com/tyndale-bible-history.html

http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/william-tyndale.html