Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives – William Tyndale and the English Bible – Part 1 of 11

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2/5/24  · Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives William Tyndale and the English Bible – Part 1 of 11 There is a man in history past that held a doctrinal position that:• church is local only• priesthood of the believer• Christ ordained in his kingdom two offices in a church a pastor/deacon and HELD to a:• believers baptism by immersion,• to the doctrine of repentance and • Faith AND to the sole authority of Scripture. Would you say this descriptive of a Scriptural Baptist position?Allow me to introduce to you our ancient Baptist brother William Tyndale; the one man who stood up against tyranny in his day to make a difference. William Tyndale was born in 1494 near the line between England & Wales. Not much is known about Tyndale’s youth. Our first real record of him comes from his time at Oxford, where he began his training at age 14. He was intellectually gifted; mastering eight languages: Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German, and, of course, English but above all his mind was singularly addicted to scripture and a burning desire to translate it to English so the common man would have access to God’s word and not depend on the Catholic church for their information.Quoting from the “The Faithful Baptist Witness” by Phil Stringer (Available on Amazon): “His parents were members of an independent Lollard (Baptist) church in south Wales. He was personally converted to Christ while studying the Greek New Testament of Erasmus at Oxford University. Tyndale became a great Greek scholar, and was greatly used of God in bringing the Word of God to the English people. His translation of the Greek NT into English had an incredible impact upon the country. A century later the KJV translators were careful to keep Tyndale’s wording whenever possible.”Brother Stringer goes on to say: “Tyndale also wrote doctrinal books which show that he took many Baptist positions. He is on record as teaching the independence of local churches, priesthood of all believers, only two offices for the church – pastor and deacon, baptism by immersion of believers only, authority of Scripture. None of his writings contain anything contrary to the Baptist Distinctives.” END of QUOTEIn William Tyndale’s EXPOSITIONS p. 253, 1 of 31 books he authored confirms his doctrinal position in which he pointed out that Christ “ordained in his kingdom and congregation two officers” and described baptism as “the plunging into the water.” Notice he says: “HIS KINGDOM and CONGREGATION” like so many ancient Baptist he understood the local churches role as an embassy in Christ kingdom. Prepared by Thomas E. Kresal from his sermon on Brother Wm. Tyndale

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