ROME and the BIBLE The History of the Bible through the Centuries and Rome’s Persecutions against It By David W. Cloud Copyright © 1996 by David W. Cloud ISBN 1-58318-003-6 First printing, October 1996 Second edition revised, January 1997 Third edition revised and enlarged, September 2001 Fourth edition enlarged May 2009 Published by Way of Life Literature P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368 866-295-4143 (toll free)
[email protected] (e-mail) http://www.wayoflife.org (web site) Canada: Bethel Baptist Church, 4212 Campbell St. N., London, Ont. N6P 1A6 519-652-2619 (voice) 519-652-0056 (fax) Printed in Canada by Bethel Baptist Print Ministry Contents Introduction 5 Part I: Rome Enshrouded the Bible with Error 11 Part II: Rome Set up a Corrupt Biblical Standard 28 Part III: Rome Persecuted the Bible 44 The First Millennium 46 1000-1350 A.D. 49 Peter Waldo 53 Pope Innocent III, Father of the Inquisition 61 John Wycliffe and the Lollards 77 The Gutenberg Press 105 Persecutions against the Waldensians in the 15th Century 107 French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese Bibles 113 William Tyndale and the English Bible 134 Miles Coverdale and the Great Bible 182 John Rogers and the Matthew’s Bible 184 The Geneva Bible 191 The Greek Received Text 192 The Spanish Bible 198 The Council of Trent Curses Bible Believers 207 The Persecuting Popes 1550-1800 A.D. 213 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre 223 First Catholic English Bible 227 Waldenses Brutally Tormented and Driven from Mountains 239 Papal Bulls against Bible Societies in the 19th Century 245 Part IV: Rome Changes Tactics in the Twentieth Century 269 Part V: Has Rome Changed? 282 Appendix 1: Directory for the Inquisitors 291 Appendix 2: Peter vs.