Men Were Burned for Translating This Book: How English Got the Bible (2026)

The Bible is not one book. It is an anthology assembled by committees over fifteen hundred years, debated and revised at councils held in four different cities, and codified in two incompatible versions that Catholics and Protestants still argue about today. William Tyndale was strangled and burned in October fifteen thirty-six for translating it into English. The King James Version your grandmother reads was commissioned by a king who wanted to unify two feuding Protestant factions, and the original sixteen eleven edition included books that modern KJV-only churches would never allow in the pew. Watch the next video in the playlist: the Scientific Revolution and Galileo's trial. ▶ Watch next: Galileo vs Rome: How a Telescope Cracked the Church https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tXDZoNwEPA 📺 Full playlist: Heretics, Kings, and the Bible: A History of Christianity https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlIAFxS29649uSipGQOgELRjHwsm3Aib8 Chapters: 0:00 Scene 1 6:18 Scene 2 10:30 Scene 3 15:55 Scene 4 20:42 Scene 5 25:10 Scene 6 29:42 Scene 7 33:43 Quiz Time #ChurchHistory #BibleHistory #christianity --- Disclosure The avatars and voices in this video are AI-generated. All content -- research, scripts, lesson design, and the custom video engine -- is created by a CISSP, CISM, and PMP certified professional with a Master's in Project Management, a B.S. in Information Technology, and a Doctorate in Business Administration in progress. This channel exists to make learning accessible and straightforward. Educational history series. This channel does not represent any church, denomination, government, or academic institution. Sources for every historical claim are cited in the script. Religious belief is personal — this series presents the historical record, not theology.