He was born two years after Columbus sailed west and discovered the Americas. His martyrdom preceded Martin Luther’s death by ten years. His contribution to the church was of incalculable worth. Still, not as many people are as familiar with William Tyndale (1494-1536) as they are with Luther. Tyndale’s great passion was to put the New Testament into the language of the English-speaking people. Consecration The New Testament was not known by the common people, and many priests and religious leaders had little to no knowledge of Scripture. What was known was church dogma,...