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...
