Battle for the Bible
Video Quiz
1. Name the three men who were martyred over the battle of the Bible in Europe.
2. What two languages were the books of the Bible written in?
3. When did the first English translation of the Bible appear?
4. How did the Black Death impact the people of Europe religiously?
5. What was the language of the Catholic Church?
6. Describe why the Catholic priest was held in such high esteem during the Middle Ages.
7. Who was John Wycliffe and what did he argue about the Catholic Church?
8. Why did Wycliffe want the Bible translated into the vernacular?
9. What does Lollard mean?
10. How long did it take to create a Wycliffe Bible? Why?
11. What does being able to read a Bible do for people?
12. Describe how the English government responded to Wycliffe’s Bible.
13. Why did the Catholic Church dig up the dead body of Wycliffe?
14. In 1515 how did the New Greek translation of the Bible impact society?
15. Who was William Tyndale and what did he hate about the Catholic Church’s ban on the
Wycliffe Bible? Why?
16. Who was Martin Luther and how did he impact society?
17. According to Luther what does a person have to do to get back to God?
18. Why was William Tyndale in trouble with the law in England?
19. Why did Tyndale flee England in 1524?
20. Why are historians pretty sure Tyndale attended university in Wittenburg while in exile?
21. While abroad what did Tyndale accomplish?
22. Why was Tyndale’s translation of the Bible so revolutionary?
23. What did Tyndale accuse the Church of doing?
24. Why was the size of Tyndale’s Bible considered subversive?
25. How did the Catholci Church react to Tyndale’s Bible?
26. Describe the most common way to get all of Tyndale’s Bible into England.
27. Who was Henry Phillips?
28. How long was Tyndale on the run before being captured?
29. Describe how Tyndale died.
30. Why did Tyndale’s Bible become legal two months after his death?
31. Who was Thomas Cranmer?
32. What was the Matthew Bible?
33. Why was the Great Bible so powerful in England?
34. How was reading the Bible in England a political act?
35. Why was Queen Mary called “Bloody Mary?”
36. Why did Cranmer want his hand to be burned first when he was burned at the stake?
37. Why did English Puritans favor the Geneva Bible?
38. What was the Doway Bible?
39. Why did King James of England commission a new translation of the Bible?
40. Why did the Puritans create a church-state?
41. Who was Jonathan Edwards?
42. What was the Great Awakening?
43. What did Jefferson believe about the mixing of religion and state government? Why?