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Name:
Miles Coverdale
Dates:
Born: 1487 in Coverham, England
Died: December 19, 1568
Ordained: 1521
Biography:
The name Miles Coverdale is not as widely known as other Protestant reformers, like Martin
Luther and John Calvin, but Coverdale did more to spread the ideas and doctrines of
Protestantism than most. Coverdale, like his friend Tyndale, understood that the key
to Protestantism was the translation of distribution of Bibles in vernacular languages. So,
he worked closely with Tyndale in creating an English translation of the Bible and continued
in this work even after Tyndale had been burned at the stake the same efforts.
Coverdale's final product was given official approval by King Henry VIII after a group of scholars and theologians reported that, while there were mistakes in it, there were no heresies. With the support of Thomas Cramner and Thomas Cromwell, Coverdale's translation (which became known as the "Great Bible") was printed and distributed widely in both England and Europe. Today, only two copies of Coverdale's original translation of the New Testament still exist - although 18,000 were printed at the time.
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