Question

William Tyndale (1494-1536), an English Lutheran who translated the Bible into English in 1506, defended
Protestantism thus: 'In this they be all agreed, to drive you from the knowledge of the scripture, and that ye
shall not have the text thereof in the mother-tongue, and to keep the world still in darkness, to the intent they
might sit in the consciences of the people, through vain superstition and false doctrine, to satisfy their proud
ambition, and insatiable covetousness, and to exalt their own honour above king and emperor, yea, and
above God himself... Which thing only moved me to translate the New Testament. Because I had perceived
by experience, how that it was impossible to establish the lay-people in any truth, except the scripture were
plainly laid before their eyes in their mother-tongue, that they might see the process, order, and meaning of
the text.'
Questions
(i) What do you know about William Tyndale?
(ii) What were his objectives to translate the Bible into English?
(iii) What were the issues on which the Protestants criticised the Catholic Church? Write any two issues​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

(i) William Tyndale was an English Lutheran. He translated the Bible into English.(ii)

To make available the copies of the Bible to the layman.

To expose the malpractices indulged by the church on the name of the text written in it (i.e.

the Bible).

(iii) They criticized the Catholic Church on following issues:

The Protestants also criticized the Catholic Church because of immoral and luxurious life led by

the church men.

Sale of ‘Letter of Indulgence’ by the church to those people who had committed sins.