We have learned so much about the early church, Jesus life, short stories and the disciples and so on. I didn’t know that people lost their lives in order for the Bible to be published. There is a lot in the Bible that we don’t know but taking time will do your life good. Here are some things that I want to share with you.
The fascinating story of how we got the Bible in its present state started thousands of years ago. A man by the name of John Wycliff (His last name can be spelled like Wycliffe) produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in 1380 A.D. He was an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church. He believed that the organized church was contrary to the Bible. He had help from his followers called the Lollards, and his …show more content…
In 1496, John Colet, another Oxford professor and the son of the Mayor of London, started reading the New Testament in Greek and translating it into English for his students at Oxford, and later for the public at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London. The people were so hungry to hear the Word of God in a language they could understand, that within six months there were 20,000 people packed in the church and at least that many outside trying to get in! (Sadly, while the enormous and beautiful Saint Paul’s Cathedral remains the main church in London today, as of 2003, typical Sunday morning worship attendance is only around 200 people… and most of them are tourists). Fortunately for Colet, he was a powerful man with friends in high places, so he amazingly managed to avoid execution. Just think that today we can understand the Bible. I have never seen a church that was full like the one Mr. Colet was on a Sunday morning. Some of us need to get that appetite back for the Word of
The fascinating story of how we got the Bible in its present state started thousands of years ago. A man by the name of John Wycliff (His last name can be spelled like Wycliffe) produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in 1380 A.D. He was an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church. He believed that the organized church was contrary to the Bible. He had help from his followers called the Lollards, and his …show more content…
In 1496, John Colet, another Oxford professor and the son of the Mayor of London, started reading the New Testament in Greek and translating it into English for his students at Oxford, and later for the public at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London. The people were so hungry to hear the Word of God in a language they could understand, that within six months there were 20,000 people packed in the church and at least that many outside trying to get in! (Sadly, while the enormous and beautiful Saint Paul’s Cathedral remains the main church in London today, as of 2003, typical Sunday morning worship attendance is only around 200 people… and most of them are tourists). Fortunately for Colet, he was a powerful man with friends in high places, so he amazingly managed to avoid execution. Just think that today we can understand the Bible. I have never seen a church that was full like the one Mr. Colet was on a Sunday morning. Some of us need to get that appetite back for the Word of