Early Life
While arguing with a learned local cleric at the Walsh estate, Tyndale famously vowed that if God spared his life, he would cause a boy who does this job to know more of the Scripture than the cleric did.
What is a ploughboy?
To smuggle thousands of illegal Bibles past English ports, Tyndale’s network hid the small-format books inside of this.
What is bags of grain?
Rather than translating from what, Tyndale broke ground by translating the New Testament directly from the original biblical language.
What is the Latin Vulgate?
This infamous Tudor monarch ruled England during Tyndale's lifetime and fiercely banned his English translations.
Who was Henry VII?
For the final years of his freedom, Tyndale lived and worked relatively safely in the "English House" in this major Belgian port city.
What is Antwerp?
Recognizing that England was too dangerous for his work, Tyndale left his homeland in 1524 for this continent, never to return.
What is Europe?
The first complete printed edition of Tyndale’s English New Testament was successfully published in 1526 in this Lutheran-friendly German city.
Where is Worms?
Because a matching English word didn't exist, Tyndale invented this compound word to describe God's act of reconciling humanity to Himself through Christ.
What is atonement?
In 1530, Tyndale published a treatise titled The Practyse of Prelates, in which he boldly opposed this act by Henry VII.
What is an annulment to Catherine of Aragon?
Tyndale was imprisoned for over a year under brutal conditions in this grim castle located just north of Brussels.
What is Vilvoorde Castle?
Earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from this famous English university before moving to Cambridge.
What is Oxford University?
Tyndale relied heavily on the Greek New Testament compiled and edited by this famous Dutch Christian humanist.
Who is Erasmus?
Tyndale also coined this specific term in Exodus 25 to describe the gold-covered lid of the Ark of the Covenant where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement.
What is the mercy seat?
This powerful Cardinal and Lord Chancellor of England spent years orchestrating an international manhunt to arrest Tyndale before falling from the King's favor himself.
Who is Cardinal Woolsey?
Tied to a stake in October 1536, Tyndale cried out this famous final prayer before being strangled and burned.
What is "Lord, open the King of England's eyes"?
Before fleeing England, Tyndale worked as a tutor for the children of Sir John Walsh at Little Sodbury Manor in this English county.
What is Gloucestershire?
This happened in 1529 to Tynadales first translation of the Pentateuch as he fled from Antwerp.
What was lost in a shipwreck?
Tyndale introduced this beautifully descriptive Hebrew compound word into English when translating the Old Testament to capture God's loyal, enduring covenant love.
What is lovingkindness?
This English Lord Chancellor and author of Utopia was one of Tyndale's most vicious literary opponents, writing massive volumes attacking Tyndale as a heretic.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
The location Henry Philips lured Tyndale to to be captured by Imperial Authorities.
What is an alley in Antwerp?
In 1523, Tyndale traveled to London to seek the formal authorization and financial backing of this influential Bishop of London, who flatly rejected him.
Who is Cuthbert Tunstall?
In 1525, Tyndale's first attempt to print his English New Testament in this German city was raided by anti-Lutheran forces, forcing him to flee up the Rhine River with his pages.
What is Cologne?
Seeking to avoid Roman Catholic ecclesiastical structures, Tyndale intentionally translated the Greek word ekklesia as this common English word instead of "church."
What is congregation?
This English merchant and close friend of Tyndale housed him in Antwerp and tirelessly advocated for his release after he was captured.
Who is Thomas Poyntz?
The percentage of Tyndales original translation that made up the Great Bible, which was authorized a few years after Tyndale's death by Henry VII.
What is 80-90%