During the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther translated The Bible into German for the first time, so that it would be available to the common man instead of only to royalty and priests. William Tynedale accomplished a similar undertaking by translating the Bible into English.
Abraham Lincoln did not study Islam. He was a Christian, that frequently attended Protestant church services with his family. Although he never joined a church as a young man, he would study and quote the bible often.
England's spiritual heritage dates back to John Wycliffe that exposed false doctrines of the Roman church and had the entire bible translated to English, William Tyndale circulated widely in Britain, and Henry V111 made the English Reformation official by breaking all ties between England and the Roman Church.
She used examples of leading women in The Bible. -Apex
Yes, the Europeans did BRING the bible to the Americas, along with the majority of our culture.
Sojourner Truth believed that the Bible was God's word for all people. She was a tireless advocate of the abolition of slavery.
The Protestant Reformation attempted to relate the Bible to believers. By doing this people could read the bible themselves and understand the word of God.
The Protestant Reformation is called Protestant because it meant pro-Testimony, back to the Bible and not protest.Roman Catholic AnswerBecause protestant is what resulted from the "reformers" protesting the Church. Unfortunately they did not get "back to the Bible", as a matter of fact, they mutilated the Bible by throwing whole books out of it, and mistranslating it.
The Geneva Bible was printed in 1560 AD. It is considered the "Bible of the Protestant Reformation". It was also called the "Breeches Bible". It was a major translation of The Bible by a group of Protestant scholars.
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John Wycliffe
The Geneva Bible was an important English translation of the Bible that was widely used during the Protestant Reformation. It was the first Bible to include chapter and verse numbers, making it easier to reference specific passages. The Geneva Bible also included study notes and commentary that promoted Protestant beliefs, making it a key tool for spreading the ideas of the Reformation.
Wycliffe was an early advocate for translation of the Bible into the common language. He completed his translation directly from the Vulgate into vernacular English in the year 1382, now known as Wycliffe's Bible. This helped set the stage for the Protestant Reformation.
One of the tenants of the protestant reformation was "sola Scriptura" which means according to scripture alone. The bible is the one and only book recognized as holy by protestants.
He invented the printing press and was the first person to print the bible WITH the printing press. This was called the Gutenberg Bible.
Martin Luther, although it should be noted that the Bible had already been translated into German in the Gutenberg Bible over 40 years earlier (but those translators were not Reformation leaders). Luther was responsible for the first German Protestant Bible.
Reform Roman Catholicism, which had become very corrupt and strayed far away from the teachings of the Bible.
John Wycliffe is often referred to as the "morning star of the Reformation" for his early criticisms of the Catholic Church and his translations of the Bible into English. He laid the groundwork for the Protestant Reformation that would follow in the 16th century.