King James Bible Timeline

The "Rennaissance" or John Wycliffe's Bible The Great Schism Council of Constance Gutenberg Printing "Revival of Arts and Press Letters" (1382-1395) (1378-1414) (1414-1418) Latin Gutenburg Bible (1450) (from the 14th century) (1456) This "Morning Star of This came during this In 1415, this Roman In this year, Johannes This renewed interest in the the Reformation" time when 3 Catholic Catholic council Gutenberg perfected the This was the first classical study of the arts, died in 1384, but his Church leaders were ordered Wycliffe’s first moveable type known printed work sciences, and languages translation sparked simultaneously books burned and printing press. With this completed on the was also fueled by the the flames of the claiming to be the that his bones be dup ground-breaking Gutenberg Press. invention of the printing Protestant pope. The Church up and burned as invention, the growth of press. It was during this time that study of Greek Reformation. was at a low hour. well. printed literature would explode. and Hebrew revived.

John Wycliffe Johannes Gutenberg (1320-1384) (1395-1468)

Tyndale Bible Matthew Bible (1526) Coverdale's Bible (1537) The Great Bible Erasmus’s Greek New First Polyglot Bible This Englishman (1535, 1537) With this Bible, God (1539) Testament bravely produced the answered the Tyndale's (1517) first printed translation This Bible was translated prayer for the king of This Bible's name is due (1516) It had a column of in English. For it, he from German and Latin, England's eyes to be to it large size of 16 ½ The King James Hebrew, Greek, and was imprisoned and because Coverdale knew opened. King Henry VIII in x 11 in.This Bible is translators drew Latin text. This was also executed. His dying no Greek or Hebrew. The officially licensed this important, for it was heavily from this the year the Protestant prayer was that King second edition in 1537 translation, not the first one ordered to man's work. Reformation began. Henry VIII's eyes would was the first complete realizing a good bit of it be placed in every be opened. Bible printed in English. was Tyndale's work. church for all to read.

Desiderius Erasmus William Tyndale Miles Coverdale (1466-1536) (1494-1536) (1488-1569)

Verse Divisions Queen Mary I Geneva Bible Queen Elizabeth I Geneva Bible First King Philip and the (1551) (1553-1558) (1560) (1559-1603) Printed in England Spanish Armada (1588) (1576) A printer by the name This Roman Catholic This Bible was first Elizabeth rose to the The former husband of Queen Mary I felt he of Robert Stephanus Queen killed many godly printed in Geneva, throne after her sister With Queen added these verse should rule England. He men and tried to hinder Switzerland. It was died with influenza. She Elizabeth's divisions to a Greek- allowed the work of sent his great Navy to take Latin New Testament. the work of Bible the first printed permission, this was England, but in God's Bible in English Bible translation to the first complete The Old Testament translation. In reality, continue freely in providence, the Armada verse divisions had she only fanned the completely drawn England, especially after Bible printed in was soundly defeated, been in place for over flames of love for God's from the original being put out by the England since the allowing the English BIble a century. Word in English. languages. Roman Catholic Church. Great Bible in 1539. printing to continue.

Hampton Court Conference Richard Bancroft King James Bible King James I Published (1604) This archbishop was (1603-1625) Translation Commenced It was here that King James met overseer of the (1611) (1607) He was the first king of with Puritans who desired to translation work. He The first edition of the Great Britain. Formerly purify the church and Bible of Every part of the wrote 15 rules, Authorized Version was known as King James VI of Scriptures would undergo commonly known as Catholic elements. As a result, printed by Robert Scotland, he united the King James ordered that a review and revision, at Bancroft's Rules, to guide British Isles and oversaw proper and balanced Bible be least 14 times. This work the translators. This Barker in this year. He the translation of the translated by those most was done by 6 companies ensured consistency and was the man who also Scriptures in His own learned in the original operating in 3 groups and accuracy in the printed the Geneva name. languages. took about 3 years. translation. Bible in England.