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Name:
William Tyndale
William Hutchens
Dates:
Born: c. 1494
Died: October 6, 1536 (strangled)
Fled England: 1524
New Testament Published: 1526
Arrested: 1535
Biography:
William Tyndale was a religious reformer whose efforts were key in getting the
Bible translated into English. When he sought support in London from Bishop
Cuthbert Tunstall, he failed to find it and was forced to leave England under a
false name in 1524.
His first translation of the New Testament was finally published in 1526 and copies were smuggled into England. The reception by religious authorities was hostile; however, while they did not object to an English translation as such, they did object very strenuously to the commentary which Tyndale included with his work. As a result, copies of his work were ceremonially burnt and agents were sent out by Henry VIII to hunt him down and arrest him.
Tyndale was right to be afraid of English spies because one, Henry Phillips, betrayed him in the Netherlands and he was arrested while visiting Antwerp in 1535. He was charged with heresy, put on trial, found guilty and condemned to be burned at the stake - although he was strangled first rather than burned alive.
Eventually, his work would constitute an greater portion of what would eventually become the King James Authorized Version, published in 1611. It is to Tyndale that the English language owes such common phrases like "salt of the earth" and "the patience of Job."
Also Known As: Hutchens, Hitchens
Alternate Spellings: none
Common Misspellings: none
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