William Tyndale Biography & Quotes

“The preaching of God's word is hateful and contrary unto them. Why? For it is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist; that is to say, them which with their false doctrine and violence of sword enforce to quench the true doctrine of Christ.”

God Bible Doctrine Heresey

Author:William Tyndale

“Many things there be in the scripture, which have a carnal fulfilling, even there where they be spoken or done; and yet have another spiritual signification, to be fulfilled long after in Christ and his kingdom, and yet never known till the thing be done.”

Long Done Spiritual Christ Known Scripture Kingdoms Fulfilled Fulfilling

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law.”

Kids Law Christ Mankind Sight Mark Spots Lambs

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“Evangelion (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word and signifieth good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that maketh a man's heart glad and maketh him sing, dance, and leap for joy.”

Men Heart Joy Glad Greek Leap Joyful Merry Tidings

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“It is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist.”

Christ Impossible Antichrist

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith

“Be cold, sober, wise, circumspect. Keep yourself low by the ground avoiding high questions. Expound the Law truly and open the veil of Moses to condemn all flesh and prove all men sinners, and set at broach the mercy of our Lord Jesus, and let wounded consciences drink of Him.”

Men Law Jesus Lord Wise Cold Drink Prove Lows Conscience Mercy Flesh Sinner Wounded Avoiding Sober Veils Our Lord Moses

Author:William Tyndale

“The Scriptures sprang out of God.”

Scripture

Author:William Tyndale

“I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue.”

People Eye Truth Mother Impossible Lays Tongue Scripture Mother Tongue

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“they go and set up free-will with the heathen philosophers and say that a man's free will is the cause why God chooseth and not another, contrary to all scriptures.”

Men Causes Philosopher Contrary Scripture Free Will Heathen

Book:An Answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue: The Supper of the Lord After the True Meaning of John VI. and 1 Cor. XI. And Wm. Tracy's Testament Expounded

Source: An Answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue: The Supper of the Lord After the True Meaning of John VI. and 1 Cor. XI. And Wm. Tracy's Testament Expounded

“I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I meet them in the street openly, they would abhor me; but if I pray them where they be appointed to meet me secretly, they will hear me and accept my request.”

Ifs Knows Men Should Prayer Accepting Streets Praying Know Me I Pray Request Accept Me

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“Let every man of whatsoever craft or occupation he be of... serve his brethren.”

Men Every Man Crafts Occupation Brethren

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith

“We do not wish to abolish teaching and to make every man his own master, but if the curates will not teach the gospel, the layman must have the Scripture, and read it for himself, taking God for his teacher.”

Ifs Men Wish Christianity Teach Teacher Teaching Masters Every Man Scripture Abolish Layman

Author:William Tyndale

“The Law and the Gospel are two keys. The Law is the key that shutteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is the key which opens the door and lets them out.”

Men Two Law Religious Christianity Doors Keys Bible Scripture Opening Scholar Condemnation

Author:William Tyndale

“The Church is the one institution that exists for those outside it.”

Church Christianity Institutions

Author:William Tyndale

“My overcoat is worn out my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.”

Asks Dark Sitting Evening Shirts Worn Lamps Worn Out Sitting Alone Overcoat Alone In The Dark

Author:William Tyndale

“For we love not God first, to compel him to love again; but he loved us first, and gave his Son for us, that we might see love and love again, saith St John in his first epistle.”

Firsts Might Son And Love Love Again God First

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“We had better be without God's laws than the Pope's.” To which Tyndale passionately responded: “I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost!”

Ifs Knows Years Law Causes Boys Scripture Spares Pope Without God

Author:William Tyndale

“The morality of clean blood ought to be one of the first lessons taught us by our pastors and teachers. The physical is the substratum of the spiritual; and this fact ought to give to the food we eat, and the air we breathe, a transcendent significance.”

Giving Firsts Facts Spiritual Teacher Air Blood Taught Ought Morality Lessons Clean Breathe Significance Our Past Pastor Transcendent Taught Us

Author:William Tyndale

“In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it.”

People Body Law Blood Bounds Covenant Damnation Calves

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood.”

Heart Christ Blood Promise Flesh Baptized Baptized In

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“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?”

Ifs Matter Names Sides What Matters Pope Bishops Cardinals

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“Christ is with us until the world's end. Let his little flock be bold therefore.”

World Littles Ends Christ Flocks

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“To have a faith, therefore, or a trust in anything, where God hath not promised, is plain idolatry, and a worshipping of thine own imagination instead of God.”

God Faith Imagination Religious Trust Promise Worship Scholar Idolatry Protestantism

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith

“I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.”

Ifs Might Earth Jesus Given Pleasure Lord Records Honor Conscience Riches This Day Our Lord Altered Syllables

Author:William Tyndale

“Christ made the bread the sacrament of his body only: wherefore as the bread is no similitude of his blood, so am I not bound or ought to affirm, that his blood is there present.”

Made Body Christ Blood Ought Bounds Bread Sacraments

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“Marriage was ordained for a remedy and to increase the world and for the man to help the woman and the woman the man, with all love and kindness.”

Men World Helping Kindness He Man Increase Remedy Love And Kindness

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“All that I do and suffer is but the way to the reward, and not the deserving thereof.”

Way Suffering Rewards Deserving

Book:The works of Tyndale

Source: The works of Tyndale

“No more doth it hurt to say that the body and blood are not in the sacrament.”

Feelings Body Hurt Blood It Hurts Sacraments Hurt Feelings

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.”

Knows Causes Boys Scripture Pope

Author:William Tyndale

“Here is also to be noted, that the cause of the institution was to be a memorial, to testify that Christ's body was given, and his blood shed for us.”

Body Given Causes Christ Blood Institutions Shed Memorial

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“Do you know who taught the eagles to find their prey? Well, that same God teaches His hungry children to find their Father in His Word.”

Knows Wells Children Father Teach Taught Hungry Do You Know Prey Eagles

Author:William Tyndale

“Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days.”

Matter Opinion Diversity Latter Orthodox Pope Council Heresy Latter Days Transubstantiation Council Estates

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“There is no work better than another to please God: to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a souter [cobbler], or an apostle, all is one; to wash dishes and to preach is all one, as touching tho deed, to please God.”

Water Please Deeds Touching Dishes Apostles Cobblers

Author:William Tyndale

“God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.”

Ifs Goodness Spring Roots

Book:Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

Source: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures

“Christ desires his mysteries to be published abroad as widely as possible. I would that [the Gospels and the epistles of Paul] were translated into all languages, of all Christian people, and that they might be read and known.”

People Might Christian Desire Language Christ Known Mystery

Author:William Tyndale

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