Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives William Tyndale and the English Bible – PART 4 of 11

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Baptist History, Heritage and DistinctivesWilliam Tyndale and the English Bible – PART 4 of 11

It’s normal with every lie to have a grain of truth; Satan’s pseudo Christian organization correctly holds that all mankind is born in sin.Give ‘em a B on their BINGO CARD! FIRST doctrinal heresy is the:1. Sacrament of INFANT RHANTISM (rantizo=sprinkle, KATACHEO =pour) BAPTO = overwhelm, buried in water.2. Enter a STATE of GRACE because you are now a member of the one & only true UNIVERSAL church3. PROVIDED you attend the CONFESSION (THE Dark Ages ATM)4. And do PENANCE (Rosary beads & vain repetition)5. DIE – go to PURGATORY (minimum security prison) for unconfessed sins. (Gatekeepers of heaven) Relatives purchase candles/church services “mass” performed in your honor; by their works BUY your freedom from purgatory; boom you enter heaven!Why’d I tell you this? Regarding Penance: Tyndale rightly translated the Greek word; μετάνοια (metanoia) as “be penitent” or “repent” meaning you turn away from sin RATHER than perform works to UNDO the GUILT of sin. • Furthermore, he taught against the existence of Purgatory, and DENIED that we needed priests to MEDIATE on our behalf. Clearly, Tyndale was UNDERMINING the TEACHINGS of the RC CULT and these AUTHORITIES were livid; Tyndale must be stopped!Unhindered by the RCC William commented “For if God be on our side, what matter maketh it who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes, or whatsoever names they will?”On another occasion he was quoted as saying: “It is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist.”William was increasingly becoming a danger to their power structure!Tyndale’s 1st EDITION was smuggled in to England in BALES of COTTON. People were paying a week’s wages to purchase the Bible. The English authorities hatched a plan to PURCHASE or confiscate every single volume which ironically gave Tyndale the FUNDING to press on with his 2nd edition. • Literacy rates skyrocketed grown men attended primary school hungry to read the Bible. One of Tyndale’s more famous quotes:“I will cause a BOY WHO DRIVES A PLOW to know more of the scriptures than the POPE.”Meanwhile, back at the ranch Henry VIII PETITIONED Pope Clement VII to ANNUL his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Clement refuses the annulment; Henry forms the Church of England in 1531, assumes the role of Vicar of Christ ushering in the English Reformation. Henry appoints Thomas Cranmer as Archbishop of Canterbury who officially annuls Henry’s 1st marriage.Old Hank is now free to pursue his mistress Ann Boleyn the 2nd of SIX wives. That marriage lasted about THREE years and poor Queen Ann was beheaded; as was his 5th wife/Catherine Howard.Side note: Prior to the war for independence the Church of England was the State Government church of lower NY, NC, SC, Georgia & Maryland, we know it as the Episcopal Church in the USA or Anglican Church) Anybody that believes coming to colonial America granted everybody religious freedom from the persecution of European churches has never read Baptist history! Liberty of conscience was not permitted until well after the First Amendment; meanwhile, every state was controlled by a state government church & forced to conform to their doctrine & laws.For example: Boston was controlled by the state government CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH anybody that opposed their doctrine were forced into court and you either faced a death sentence, a whipping and a banishment and your property was seized.Mary Dyer, a Quaker lady disagreed with the state government church; she was beheaded. Her statue can be found on the Boston Commons just outside the Massachusetts State House.Then there is Obadiah Holmes, a Baptist pastor who was conducting the Lord’s Table in a private house in Boston. It was raided by the authorities & sentenced to a whipping that almost cost him his life. Shiloh Films “As with Roses” documents the travesty of the colonial state government church. I urge you to read “America in Crimson Red” subtitled the Baptist History of America by James BellerI need to get off that rabbit trail and go back to Queen Anne Boleyn. Previous to her beheading Tyndale’s 1528 book: “The Obedience of a Christian Man” was studied by Queen Anne Boleyn and even found its way to King Henry VIII who was most IMPRESSED: “This book is for me & all kings to read!” King Henry VIII sent out his agents to offer Tyndale a high position in his court, a safe return to England and a great salary to oversee his communications.However, Tyndale was not willing to surrender his work as a Bible translator, theologian and preacher merely to become a PROPAGANDIST for the king! In his 1530 book “The Practice of Prelates” Tyndale argued against divorce and specifically dared to assert that the king should remain faithful to his first wife! Tyndale maintained that Christians always have the duty to obey civil authority, except where loyalty to God is concerned. Henry’s initial ENTHUSIASM for Tyndale turned to RAGE! Tyndale was not only an outlaw to the RCC & its UNHOLY Roman Empire but now the ENGLISH KINGDOM and King Henry VIII, as well.Prepared by Thomas E. Kresal from my sermons on Wm. Tyndale