William Tyndale

William Tyndale

February 5, 2021

Essential Question

Why would the Catholic Church not want common people to read the Bible in their vernacular?

Clear Target

I can explain the importance of William Tyndale’s translation of the Holy Bible as a way of growing literacy and the dissemination of knowledge.

Books and Knowledge

• # of books ↑ price of books ↓

• Bible and various topics printed

• Dissemination of knowledge happens quickly

• Dissemination = Spread

Multiple Choice

The printing press leads to a(n) _______________ in the number of books and a(n) _____________ in the price of books

• decrease, decrease

• increase, increase

• decrease, increase

• increase, decrease

Multiple Choice

Printing technology leads to which of the following?

• Information about the Bible and other topics spreads quickly across Europe

• Printing leads to a divide between the wealthy and the poor in European societies

• Latin becomes the common language across Europe, as people now have access to Latin texts

• The Catholic Church takes control of this technology and prints large numbers of books on scientific ideas

William Tyndale

• The Bible being translated into vernacular languages.

• VERNACULAR = COMMON

• Tyndale translated the Bible from Greek/Hebrew to English

• Critic of Catholic Church ... Burned at the stakes

Multiple Choice

Define vernacular

• Common languages spoken by the people of a particular region

• A style of printing that made words more legible

• A linguistic style that chose to not use punctuation between sentences

• Languages only utilized by the elites in a particular society

Multiple Choice

What is a major accomplishment of William Tyndale?

• Tyndale acts as an advocate for the Catholic Church

• Tyndale discovers books lost from the Bible and puts them into circulation

• Tyndale gets burned at the stake

• Tyndale translates the Bible from Greek/Hebrew to English

Catholic Response

• People began reading about science, the Bible, medicine, government, etc.

• Church didn’t agree 

• Thought normal people couldn’t read the Bible correctly

• The Church tried to censor

  books that disagreed with their ideas

• Had to approve all books

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the Catholic Church's reaction to printing technology?

• The Church attempted to buy printing rights to many books to fund the building of new churches

• The Catholic Church did not care about the printing press

• The Catholic Church embraced the new technology and was excited to share Biblical knowledge with the people.

• The Catholic Church attempts to censor the printing of books not approved by Church leadership

Multiple Choice

How did the Catholic Church feel about the common man's ability to interpret the Bible?

• The Catholic Church felt the people could interpret the Bible with little to no help

• The Catholic Church wanted to hold classes on how to read the Bible appropriately

• The Church felt that common people could not interpret the Bible correctly

• The Church wanted the Bible to be interpreted, as different opinions stimulated theological growth.