{"id":238877,"date":"2026-06-30T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/500-years-ago-the-first-new-testament-in-english-was-published-and-stirred-up-a-hornets-nest\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:55:11","slug":"500-years-ago-the-first-new-testament-in-english-was-published-and-stirred-up-a-hornets-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/500-years-ago-the-first-new-testament-in-english-was-published-and-stirred-up-a-hornets-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published \u2013 and stirred up a hornet\u2019s nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/500-years-ago-the-first-new-testament-in-english-was-published-and-stirred-up-a-hornets-nest-282462\">500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published \u2013 and stirred up a hornet\u2019s nest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/500-years-ago-the-first-new-testament-in-english-was-published-and-stirred-up-a-hornets-nest-282462\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/500-years-ago-the-first-new-testament-in-english-was-published-and-stirred-up-a-hornets-nest-282462<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-30 08:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Introduction of vernacular Bibles in England: In 1526, printed New Testaments in English language appeared and were accepted by the public, although condemned by religious authorities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Legal and religious opposition: Legal prohibitions against unauthorized Bible translations in England and condemnation by the Catholic Church, with Thomas More and Cuthbert Tunstall leading opposition.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Thomas More\u2019s debates: Thomas More engaged in a bitter debate with William Tyndale over translation choices, with More considering some terms heretical.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Influence of Martin Luther: Luther\u2019s advocacy for vernacular translations inspired Tyndale\u2019s efforts, and Gutenberg\u2019s printing press advanced the spread of these translations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Tyndale\u2019s execution: Tyndale was imprisoned, interrogated by the Catholic Inquisition, and eventually executed in 1536 for heresy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Lasting impact: Tyndale\u2019s translations were foundational for future English Bibles, including his influence on the 1611 King James Version. His work set the groundwork for the Bible as the bestselling book in English.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published \u2013 and stirred up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/744393\/original\/file-20260626-57-qc5xp9.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C158%2C1946%2C973&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238879,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238877\/revisions\/238879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}