P028 A Short History of the English Bible.
P028 A Short History of the English Bible.
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VI.
COVERDALE’S BIBLE.
Miles Coverdale, Born about 1488, Died 1569.
Principal Contemporaries. See under Tyndale, p. 24, and add:
Popes: Julius III., 1550-1555; Marcellus II., 1555; Paul IV., 1555-1559; Pius IV., 1559-1566; Pius V., 1566-1572.
Sovereigns of England: Edward VI., 1547-1553; Jane Grey, 1553; Mary, 1553-1558; Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Sovereigns of Scotland: Mary, 1542-1567; James VI., 1567-1603. In the latter year the English and Scottish crowns were united.
Secretary of State: Thomas Cromwell, 1534-1540.
Archbishops of Canterbury: Cranmer, 1533-1556; Pole, 1556-1559; Parker, 1559-1576.
Reformers: In England, Rogers, b. 1500, d. 1555; Hooper, b. 1495, d. 1555; and many others. In Scotland, Knox, b. 1505, d. 1572. In Switzerland, Calvin, b. 1509, d. 1564; Beza, b. 1519, d. 1601.
Literary Celebrities: Gascoigne, b. 1535, d. 1577; Sidney, b. 1554, d.1586; Stowe, b. 1527, d. 1605; Ascham, b. 1515, d. 1568.
1540, Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, organized.
1545-1563, Council of Trent.
Coverdale was born about the year 1488 in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated at Cambridge, being attached to the convent of Augustinian monks there, and in 1514 was admitted to priest’s orders. As early as 1527 he enjoyed the favor of Cromwell and More. About this time he left the convent, and commenced preaching against the mass, the confessional, and image-worship. In 1529 he went to the Continent, probably to escape persecution. Some suppose that while here he helped Tyndale translate the Pentateuch, but, though possible, it is not proven. His residence between the years 1529 and 1535 is unknown, but he was probably, at least during the latter part of this period, at Antwerp, working on his translation. In 1535 this Bible was printed. The place of its printing was for many years a mystery, a half dozen different continental cities being mentioned by as many different writers.