William Tyndale Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Liturgical commemoration=== By tradition Tyndale's death is commemorated on [[October 6|6 October]].{{sfn|Daniell|2011}} There are commemorations on this date in the [[List of Anglican Church calendars|church calendars]] of members of the [[Anglican Communion]], initially as one of the "days of optional devotion" in the American Book of Common Prayer (1979),{{sfn|Hatchett|1981|p=43, 76β77}} and a "black-letter day" in the [[Church of England]]'s Alternative Service Book.{{sfn|Draper|1982|p=}} [[Common Worship|The Common Worship]] that came into use in the [[Church of England]] in 2000 provides a collect proper to [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|6 October]] ([[Lesser Festival (Anglicanism)|Lesser Festival]]),<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref> beginning with the words: {{Blockquote |Lord, give your people grace to hear and keep your word that, after the example of your servant William Tyndale, we may not only profess your gospel but also be ready to suffer and die for it, to the honor of your name;}} Tyndale is honored in the [[Calendar of saints (Lutheran)|Calendar of saints]] of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] as a translator and martyr the same day. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page