The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorised edition of the Bible in English, authorised by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church ...

6 окт. 2017 г. · The first authorized vernacular Bible was printed in early 1539 and due to its tremendous heft the book became known as the Great Bible.

The Great Bible (named for its large page size and first ordered by Henry VIII in 1538) was restored to the churches after Elizabeth I's succession halted ...

1 нояб. 2016 г. · Called the "chained Bible" because it was chained to the pulpits, the Great Bible helped rekindle the desire to own a personal copy of the Word of God.

Work on the Great Bible began in 1536 when Thomas Cromwell, chief spokesman for King Henry VIII in Parliament, asked his friend Miles Coverdale (of Coverdale ...

The first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts were produced in the 1380's AD by John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian.

It is technically the first authorized version of the English Bible initiated and commenced by Henry VIII through his advisers, Cranmer and Cromwell.

9 мая 2017 г. · The 100 best-known stories in the Bible · Creation and the fall (Genesis 1–3) · Noah and the flood (Genesis 6.9–9.17) · The tower of Babel (Genesis ...

The first edition of the Great Bible—intended to be the “Bible of the largest volume in English”—was issued in 1539. Six more folio editions were printed before ...

The Great Bible, edited by Myles Coverdale, and first published in 1539, was was approved by Henry VIII for public use in the churches, making it the only ...