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1525 CE | William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament was published in Worms, Germany. | |
1526 CE | William Tyndale, priest and translator, completed and published the first complete version of the New Testament in English at Worms, Germany. Tyndale was the first translator of the biblical texts from their original Greek and Hebrew into English. | |
1530 CE | William Tyndale published his translation into English of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament. | |
1534 CE | William Tyndale published a revised English New Testament. | |
1535 CE | Imperial authorities in Antwerp captured and imprisoned William Tyndale for heresy over his translation of the Bible into English. | |
6 Oct 1536 CE | William Tyndale, the English translator of the New Testament, was strangled and burned at the stake for heresy at Vilvorde, France, by the Holy Roman Empire. | |
1611 CE | The authorized version of the King James Bible was published and it incorporated the translation of William Tyndale. | |
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