original_language_of_work handbook of a christian knight
Wycliffe ' s Bible is the name now given to a group of Bible translations into Middle ___MASK69___ that were made under the direction of John Wycliffe . They appeared over a period from approximately 1382 to 1395 . These Bible translations were the chief inspiration and chief cause of the Lollard movement , a pre - Reformation movement that rejected many of the distinctive teachings of the Roman Catholic Church . In the early Middle Ages , most Western Christian people encountered the Bible only in the form of oral versions of scriptures , verses and homilies in ___MASK5___ ( other sources were mystery plays , usually conducted in the vernacular , and popular iconography ). Though relatively few people could read at this time , Wycliffe  s idea was to translate the Bible into the vernacular , saying " it helpeth Christian men to study the Gospel in that tongue in which they know best Christ  s sentence ". Enchiridion militis Christiani , or Handbook of a Christian Knight ( or : Soldier ) was written by Desiderius Erasmus in 1501 and was published in ___MASK69___ in 1533 by William Tyndale . During a stay in Tournehem , a castle near Saint - Omer , Erasmus encountered an uncivilized , yet friendly soldier who was an acquaintance of Battus , Erasmus ' close friend . On the request of the soldier ' s pious wife , who felt slighted by her husband ' s behaviour , Battus asked Erasmus to write a text which would convince the soldier of the necessity of mending his ways , which he did . The resulting work was eventually re - drafted by Erasmus and expanded into the Enchiridion militis Christiani . The Enchiridion is an appeal on Christians to act in accordance with the Christian faith rather than merely performing the necessary rites . It became one of Erasmus ' most influential works . William Tyndale ( sometimes spelled " Tynsdale ", " Tindall ", " Tindill ", " Tyndall ") was an ___MASK69___ scholar who became a leading figure in Protestant reform in the years leading up to his execution . He is well known for his translation of the Bible into ___MASK69___ . He was influenced by the work of Desiderius Erasmus , who made the Greek New Testament available in Europe , and by Martin Luther . A number of partial translations had been made from the seventh century onward , but the spread of Wycliffe ' s Bible resulted in a death sentence for any unlicensed possession of Scripture in ___MASK69___  even though translations had been accomplished and made available in all other major European languages . Tyndall ( the original spelling , also Tyndale , " Tindol ", Tyndal , Tindall , Tindal , Tindale , Tindle , Tindell , Tindill , and Tindel ) is the name of an ___MASK69___ family taken from the land they held as tenants in chief of the Kings of England and Scotland in the 11th , 12th and 13th centuries : Tynedale , or the valley of the Tyne , in Northumberland . With origins in the ancient Anglo Saxon nobility of Northumbria , the Royal Scottish House of Dunkeld and the Anglo - Norman nobility , they have contributed courtiers , judges , writers , historians , sailors , airmen , scientists and philosophers to the history of England , Ireland and the new world . Two members of the family were offered , and declined , the throne of Bohemia in the 15th century and one of their number , William Tyndale , was the first modern translator of the Bible into ___MASK69___ and one of the most important figures in the evolution of the modern language . The family is spread today throughout the British Isles and the ___MASK69___ speaking world . Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( 28 October 1466  12 July 1536 ), known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam , was a ___MASK11___ / Netherlandish Renaissance humanist , Catholic priest , social critic , teacher , and theologian . The Bible ( from ___MASK70___   , " tà biblía ", " the books ") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans . Martin Luther ( 10 November 1483  18 February 1546 ), O . S . A ., was a ___MASK36___ professor of theology , composer , priest , monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation . Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church . He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God ' s punishment for sin could be purchased with money , proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his " Ninety - five Theses " of 1517 . His refusal to renounce all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the Pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Emperor .