Henry's authority, without any formal ecclesiastical decision, the book was given to the English people, which is the foundation of the text of our present Bible. From Matthew's Bible — itself a combination of the labours of Tyndale and Coverdale —... The History of the English Bible - Page 59by John Brown - 1911 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1870 - 870 pages
...Tyndale's translation, so far as it goes, is the basis of our English Bible. "In it," says Westcott, " the general character and mould of our whole version...years •were devoted to improving it in detail." Any one can now see this for himself by a glance at the "English Hexapla." Tyndale's sole object manifestly... | |
| 1879 - 824 pages
...Matthews' Bible — itself a combination of the labours of Tyndale and Coverdale — all later versions have been successively formed. In that the general...seventy-five years were devoted to improving it in detail.' " The Great Bible appeared next, in 1539. This work was a revision of Matthew's Bible, and was mainly... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - 1868 - 460 pages
...this sentence be inter' preted ' CHAP, well's influence, and by Henry's authority, without EXTERNAL any formal ecclesiastical decision, the book was !...seventyfive years were devoted to improving it in detail. Scheme for Matthew's Bible must have been eagerly welreprintmg it- corned. In the same year in which... | |
| 1870 - 844 pages
...Tyndale's translation, so far as it goes, is the basis of our English Bible. " In it," says Westcott, " the general character and mould of our whole version...years •were devoted to improving it in detail." Any one can now see this for himself by a glance at the "English Hexapla." Tyndale's sole object manifestly... | |
| 1870 - 606 pages
...Tyndale's translation, so far as it goes, is the basis of our English Bible. 'In it,' says VVestcott, 'the general character and mould of our whole version...seventy-five years were devoted to improving it in detail.' Any one can now see this for himself by a glance at the ' English Hexapla.' Tyndale's sole object manifestly... | |
| 1870 - 604 pages
...Tyndale's translation, so far as it goes, is the basis of our English Bible. 'In it,' says VVestcott, 'the general character and mould of our whole version...seventy-five years were devoted to improving it in detail.' Any one can now see this for himself by a glance at the ' English Hexapla.' Tyndale's sole object manifestly... | |
| 1870 - 596 pages
...Tyndale's translation, so far as it goes, is the basis of our English Bible. ' In it,' says Westcott, ' the general character and mould of our whole version...seventy-five years were devoted to improving it in detail.' Any one can now see this for himself by a glance at the ' English Hexapla.' Tyndale's sole object manifestly... | |
| James Martin - 1871 - 278 pages
...Bible, of which Tyndale's version forms the larger and more important part, is, as Westcott has shown, " the foundation of the text of our present Bible. From...seventy-five years were devoted to improving it in detail." The GREAT BIBLE was the next to appear. Notwithstanding the license granted for the publication of... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - 1872 - 396 pages
...independently of the bishops. But however this may have been, by Cranmer's petition, by Crumwell's influence, and by Henry's authority, without any formal...seventy-five years were devoted to improving it in detail. Matthew's Bible must have been eagerly welcomed. In the same year in which it was imported a scheme... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - 1872 - 484 pages
...Bible. From Matthew's Bible — itself a combination of the labours of Tyndale and Coverdale—all later revisions have been successively formed. In...seventy-five years were devoted to improving it in detail. Matthew's Bible must have been eagerly welcomed. In the same year in which it was imported a scheme... | |
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