by Herbert Samworth | Jul 23, 2019 | Reformers
FRITH’S TRIAL, CONDEMNATION AND DEATH Meanwhile, Frith continued to be held as a state prisoner in the Tower of London. As long as he remained in this position, he was safe from Stokesley, the Bishop of London, and Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, who wished to...
by Herbert Samworth | Jun 23, 2019 | Reformers
FRITH RETURNS TO ENGLAND In July 1532, Frith returned to England. There was speculation that he came to aid the Prior of the Reading Monastery escape to the European mainland. Regardless of the exact reason, he was arrested as a vagrant and because he would not...
by Herbert Samworth | May 23, 2019 | Reformers
JOHN FRITH AND SIR THOMAS MORE There was another book that occupied Frith’s activities during this time and this was his own production. Frith entered the field in 1531 against Sir Thomas More by writing a book entitled A Disputation of Purgatory divided into Three...
by Herbert Samworth | Apr 23, 2019 | Reformers
INTRODUCTION This British reformer was a pioneer writer on the theme of liberty of conscience. He debated the existence of Purgatory with Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher. He taught the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to the believer for justification. He...
by Herbert Samworth | Mar 5, 2019 | Reformers
HIS LEGACY – by Dr. Herbert Samworth • How is it possible to even think of writing a legacy of such a person as William Tyndale? In many ways he is the father of the English Bible. While it is true that John Wycliffe was the first to translate the Bible into the...
by Herbert Samworth | Jan 13, 2019 | Reformers
HIS EXECUTION – by Dr. Herbert Samworth • Despite the efforts of Latomus, Doyle, and Tapper to have him recent, Tyndale stood firm against their arguments. The only way by which Tyndale could counter their arguments was from his knowledge of Scripture,...
by Herbert Samworth | Dec 5, 2018 | Reformers
HIS IMPRISONMENT – by Dr. Herbert Samworth • As we have seen from our previous installment of the life of William Tyndale, he was betrayed and arrested in May 1535. He was taken to the Vilvorde Prison where he would be incarcerated for the remaining...
by Herbert Samworth | Sep 30, 2018 | Reformers
HIS ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT – by Dr. Herbert Samworth • By the year 1534 William Tyndale could look back with a degree of gratitude and accomplishment. He had finished the translation and printing of the New Testament in 1526 and a second revised edition...
by Herbert Samworth | Jul 28, 2018 | Reformers
WILLIAM TYNDALE AND SIR THOMAS MORE – by Dr. Herbert Samworth When we last noticed William Tyndale, he had completed the publication of the Pentateuch in 1530 and his revised second edition of the New Testament in 1534. We must pause in our narrative of...
by Herbert Samworth | Aug 29, 2016 | Reformers
On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 9:45am I spoke in the Crown College Chapel on the life of Tyndale. The live-stream was recorded and the video is posted below:
