The Bible and the Reformation

Oct 19, 2017 by

from the Museum of the Bible:

The Bible was at the center of the Protestant Reformation and the debates and discussions on Christian theology and practice. The reformers engaged with the Bible in new ways, studying the original Greek and Hebrew texts, and teaching and preaching the Bible to the people. They taught that the Bible was the word of God, the highest spiritual authority. They believed the Bible was clear and understandable, full of truth and wisdom. They worked tirelessly to translate the Bible into the languages of the common people. The German reformer Martin Luther wrote that “we must ask the mother in the home, the children in the street, the common person in the market about this. We must be guided by their tongue, the manner of their speech, and do our translating accordingly.” The English Bible translator William Tyndale desired “to have all the scripture unlocked and opened before thee; so that if thou wilt go in, and read, thou canst not but understand.” The Bibles of the Reformation were meant to be opened, read, and studied so that all could engage with the Bible.

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