Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English Voice
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Overview
It was an outlawed book, a text so dangerous “it could only be countered by the most vicious burnings, of books and men and women.” But what book could incite such violence and bloodshed? The year is 1526. It is the age of Henry VIII and his tragic Anne Boleyn, of Martin Luther and Thomas More. The times are treacherous. The Catholic Church controls almost every aspect of English life, including access to the very Word of God. And the church will do anything to keep it that way.
Enter William Tyndale, the gifted, courageous “heretic" who dared translate the Word of God into English. He worked in secret, in exile, in peril, always on the move. Neither England nor the English language would ever be the same again.
With thoughtful clarity and a reverence that comes through on every page, David Teems shares a story of intrigue and atrocity, betrayal and perseverance. This is how the Reformation officially reached English shores—and what it cost the men who brought it there.
Praise for David Teems’ previous work Majestie
"Teems . . . pulls together the story of this enigmatic king [ James] with humor and pathos . . . [A] delightful read in every way." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Top Highlights
“Because Church Latin was beyond the general believer, there were many who considered the Mass a form of magic. ‘Hocus-pocus,’ the incantation we learned as children, is thought to be a corruption of the phrase heard in the Mass, hoc est corpus meum (this is my body).” (source)
“At the heart of medieval Christianity, if indeed it had a heart, was a reliance on fear and manipulation” (source)
“The Bible William Tyndale gave us was the first of its kind. It was organic, proof that nature’s first green is gold. Its first vitality was its finest vitality—its first life its best, its biggest life.” (source)
“By 1530, in the course of a little more than a decade, Luther had become the first best-selling author in the history of print.” (source)
“William Tyndale and Thomas More are attributed with the first usage of the word atonement” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English Voice
- Author: Teems, David
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date: 2012
- ISBN: 9781595554147