William Tyndale's last words - which he bellowed very loud before his execution in Antwerp in 1536 were - "Lord! Open the King of England's eyes!"
This man is perhaps not as well known as Thomas More and John Fisher. Thomas More even persecuted and executed men like him.
In his last words, was Tyndale referring not just to his and others' unjustified and ferocious persecution by the government of England for translating the Bible into the English tongue?
Was he also further referring to an opposition to the recent fenomenon in England of the Monarch being the Head of the Church - a situation only 2 years old at the time?
Maybe not. But it is an interesting thought.
This man is perhaps not as well known as Thomas More and John Fisher. Thomas More even persecuted and executed men like him.
In his last words, was Tyndale referring not just to his and others' unjustified and ferocious persecution by the government of England for translating the Bible into the English tongue?
Was he also further referring to an opposition to the recent fenomenon in England of the Monarch being the Head of the Church - a situation only 2 years old at the time?
Maybe not. But it is an interesting thought.