Purified Seven Times: The Miracle of the English Bible

1384: John Wycliffe translates the whole Bible into English for the first time in history. The "Church" repays him by condemning him as a heretic.

1536: William Tyndale burned as a heretic for his Bible translation work - the first printed English Scriptures.

1537: Myles Coverdale's Bible translation published "with the king's most gracious license." Later, during "Bloody Mary's" reign, he is hunted for his life and forced to flee England.

1539: Coverdale's "Great Bible" chained to the pulpits by order of King Henry VIII. Christians executed for reading the Bible without a license.

1555: John Rogers burned to death for publishing the Matthews Bible; becomes the first victim of "Bloody Mary," queen of England.

1560. Queen Mary commands all "heretics" to return to Romanism or face the consequences. Many flee to Geneva, and the exiled church leaders produce the Geneva Bible.

1611: The seventh major English translation of the Scriptures, the King James Bible, is published and adopted as the Authorized Version, authorized by the people of God as the Word of God for the English-speaking world, "Purified Seven Times."

Landmark Baptist Press, copyright 2001, paperback. 144 pages.