Post #883748
2026-03-26 23:15 UTC
“I defy the pope and all his laws, and if God spare my life ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow, shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost.”
~ William Tyndale
The first English bible was smuggled into England on this day (March 26) in 1526—500 years ago!
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@ossobuffo@deacon.social 2026-03-26 23:29
@badbede@deacon.social Having the Scriptures in our own language is something we take for granted, but I have known people who were responsible for translating them into languages that had not had them before.
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@spaceraser@polymaths.social 2026-03-27 00:50
@badbede@deacon.social I’m gonna get that tattooed on my arm. No context, “I defy the pope and all his laws”