Cromwell and the English Bible
Chapter 3 : Cromwell and the Bible
Whether or not Cromwell entertained Lutheran doctrinal views cannot be proven but what can be, is his commitment to the Bible in English. Foxe, in his ‘Book of Martyrs’ wrote that Cromwell’s
‘whole life was nothing els, but a continuall care and travaile how to advaunce and futher the right knowledge of the Gospell’.
A translator more acceptable to the King would have to be found.
