In 1525, William Tyndale began to write his famous version of the scriptures. Printing had already been achieved, so Tyndale had the desire to give the people a Bible of their own, in their own language. By 1526, Tyndale's version of the English Bible had been published and printed. There was great turmoil over the translation however, because the King of England, Henry VIII decreed that the translation was heresy. By this time, Tyndale's English Bible translation had proven so popular that it had already been copied several times and was being read by many people. This version of the New Testament, and some of the Old Testament, was spread throughout the known world.

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3. Hutchinson Encyclopaedia: http://ukdb.web.aol.com/hutchinson/encyclopedia/36/M0013436.htm

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The vast bulk of the words we still read in our Bible today are those belonging to the translation that William Tyndale made. Over the next few centuries, the scholars that have attempted to find fault in Tyndale's translation have only been able to - at most - finetune some of the lesser significant details. Tyndale corrected all the diction and the style in which the Latin version of the Bible was written. People across the world who admire Tyndale for his courage and determination have realised only recently that he has had a large effect and influence on the modern da

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