The word does the work

Lectern Bible in Wakefield CathedralAlthough the actual date of his death is not known with any certainty, William Tyndale’s execution in 1536 is commemorated on 6 October each year. He had spent the best part of 12 years translating the Bible into English and smuggling copies into England, because his translation was banned by the Roman Catholic authorities. He had also made an enemy of Henry VIII in 1530 when he had written against the divorce the king was seeking from his first wife, Cathe...