Is it true that Catholics burned him at the stake just because he translated the Bible into English? How can you justify this? Why was it so important for Catholics that the people didn't read the Bible?
Catholics knew they would lose their authority if they allowed common people to read scripture
Oliver Ward
Besides the reformation movements that led to massive religious wars in Germany and France vicariously leading to shit like 30 years war killing millions and millions, nothing I guess
Thomas Hill
Yeah, that's it Paco, Catholicism is a religion of peace!
Leo Walker
Yes, that's it Hans, protestants dindu nuffin, dey all good boys
Elijah Hughes
But that is a political argument. But William Tyndale was tried for heresy...? What's so heretical about translating the Bible?
Zachary Watson
Let's ignore for a moment that your post is complete bullshit, if it were true it would imply the Catholic church is atheist, because they were more concerned with peace than spiritual truth
Gavin Phillips
I don't care about theology in the slightest, you can't deny that Luther, translating the bible etc was the catalyst of everything that followed If you had told him then what his "spiritual truth" would eventually lead to, do you think he would have still done it?
Even Erasmus at the time didn't think it was necessarily a good thing to open Christianity to interpretation of just everyone, and that's a dude who's known to be a great humanitarian philosophist
Hudson Brooks
>you can't deny that Luther, translating the bible etc was the catalyst of everything that followed Except that fact that in ALL the violence the Catholics started the war?
The protestant reform in itself was already an attack on Catholicism You start undermining my business, I'll take action
Was it worth it though? So that some German barley farmer could know what it said exactly (according to one translation) in the Bible
Aiden Hall
>The protestant reform in itself was already an attack on Catholicism Ahahahahahahah >You start undermining my business, I'll take action So the church is a business now? >Was it worth it though? Yep Considering Catholics started all the war, you're basically making an argument for cuckoldry
>So the church is a business now? Also, yes Both a secular business and a spiritual business They had this whole soul saving thing figured out at least according to them and then some yuppie comes along and starts shouting it's a corrupt unethical shitty business, here's how I'd change it and you should agree for the sake of your soul
Jackson Cox
>he still started it No, Carlstadt did >Both a secular business and a spiritual business >They had this whole soul saving thing figured out at least according to them and then some yuppie comes along and starts shouting it's a corrupt unethical shitty business, here's how I'd change it and you should agree for the sake of your soul Lad, it's time to stop posting
Jayden Bell
Y-you too, when all you can come up is memes
Joshua Taylor
That is quite a machiavellian world view. "I need to protect the ignorant peasants from knowing the truth, and from what they'll do to themselves once they know the truth."
Nathaniel Wilson
Irony
Nicholas Long
You mean orwellian
Mason Cook
Yes, yes very good Papists. Just taking care of church business, eh? I get it. Very good indeed.
Early bible translations were opposed because church official considered them to twist the meaning of Bible. That's why they didn't like "independent" printers printing their bibles too.
And seriously, back in early modern era being bilingual was fairly common and so was learning latin. If somebody was literate he likely could learn himself latin if he wanted to read the bible.
Eli Russell
Bullshit The only way to learn Latin was through the Church, that's why there's such a thing as "eccliesiastical Latin"