WILLIAM TYNDALE

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NAME: William Tyndale
Birth: c.1494
Death: 6th October 1536
Occupation: Linguist

William Tyndale was born around 1494, in the county of Gloucestershire. Tyndale lived and worked during the era of Renaissance Humanism. A conjecture is that Tyndale’s family had moved to Gloucestershire at some point in the 15th century, probably as a result of ‘War of the roses. The Tyndale family also went by the name Hychyns (Hitchens), and it was as William Hychyns that Tyndale was enrolled at Magdalene Hall, Oxford. Tyndale began a Bachelor of Arts degree at Magdalen Hall

The English biblical scholar and linguist became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation. He was a gifted linguist and became fluent over the years in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Latin, Italian and Spanish.

Tyndale became chaplain at the home of Sir John Walsh at Little Sodbury Gloucestershire. His opinions proved controversial to many clergy. And in 1522 he was summoned before John Bell, the Chancellor of the diocese of Worcester, following an argument blasphemous clergyman.

Tyndale left for London in 1523 to seek sponsorship and permission to translate the Bible into English. He asked to join the household of London Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall. The bishop, however, declined to extend his patronage, telling Tyndale that his household was already full with scholars.

Tyndale preached and studied “at his book” in London for some time, relying on the help of cloth merchant Humphrey. During this time Tyndale continued to preach widely in many towns and cities.
Tyndale was eventually betrayed by a man called Henry Philips. He was seized at Antwept 1535 and accused of heresy and held for a year and a half. In the years leading up to his execution. He translated much of the bible into English. He was influenced by the prominent works of the likes of Martin Luther.

"Lord, give your people grace to hear and keep your word that, after the example of your servant William Tyndale, we may not only profess your gospel but also be ready to suffer and die for it, to the honor of your name." - William Tyndale 
Within four years of Tyndale's death, a sequence of four translations of the bible were published in England, at the King's behest, revising Tyndale's version of the New Testament. Today a memorial to Tyndale stands in Vilvoorde, Flanders, where he was executed. It was erected in 1913 by Friends of the Trinitarian Bible Society of London and the Belgian Bible Society.


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