Tyndale Early Life and Education
William Tyndale was born in England near this region.
What is Wales?
The part of the Bible mostly written in Greek.
What is the New Testament?
The church that believed only clergy should interpret Scripture.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
The city where Tyndale printed 6,000 New Testaments.
What is Worms?
The man who betrayed Tyndale to authorities.
Who was Henry Phillips?
The Polish astronomer who challenged Earth-centered thinking.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
The university where Tyndale first studied and was ordained a priest.
What is Oxford?
The earlier English translator whose work was based on Latin.
Who was John Wycliffe?
The reformer whose notes influenced Tyndale’s translation.
Who was Martin Luther?
How many copies of Tyndale’s New Testament exist today.
What is two?
The city where Tyndale was imprisoned.
What is Brussels?
The theory stating Earth is the center of the universe.
What is the geocentric theory?
The university where Tyndale transferred and studied Greek.
What is Cambridge?
Wycliffe’s translation lost accuracy because it was translated this many times.
What is three languages?
The man who strongly opposed Tyndale and criticized his work.
Who was Sir Thomas More?
What people risked in order to smuggle the Bible into England.
What are their lives?
Where Tyndale spent 16–18 months in a cold dungeon.
What is Vilvorde Castle?
The theory proposing the sun is at the center.
What is the heliocentric theory?
The Renaissance movement that helped bring Greek learning back to Europe.
What is Humanism?
Tyndale wanted the English Bible translated directly from these languages.
What are Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic?
What the Archbishop of Canterbury planned to do with Tyndale’s Bibles.
What is burn them?
The Bible secretly made up of Tyndale’s work.
What is the Matthew’s Bible?
One item Tyndale requested in prison to continue his work.
What is the Hebrew Bible?
The optical illusion that makes the sun appear to move.
What is apparent motion?
The language shared by Renaissance scholars and Reformers.
What is Greek?
The group of people Tyndale wanted to have access to the Bible.
Who were English-speaking common people?
Tyndale’s final prayer was spoken for this king.
Who was Henry VIII?
The institution that controlled scientific ideas during Copernicus’ time.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?