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! ==Personality and Character== In his own words, Tyndale was "evil-favoured in this world, and without grace in the sight of men, speechless and rude, dull and slow-witted".<ref>[https://archive.org/details/englishbibleexte01eadi/page/114/mode/2up?view=theater Eadie, John, ''The English Bible'']</ref>{{rp|115}} Tyndale wrote it had been his duty to translate the New Testament and reveals a confrontational style, saying, "In burning the New Testament they did none other thing than I looked for; no more shall they do, if they burn me also, if it be God's will it shall be so. Nevertheless, in translating the New Testament I did my duty..."<ref>"To the Reader", {{cite book |last1=Tyndale |first1=William |title=The Parable of Wicked Mammon |date=1528 |url=https://godrules.net/library/tyndale/19tyndale6.htm |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref> His contemporary theological opponent [[Thomas More]], who never met Tyndale personally, charitably described Tyndale as "a man of sober and honest living who was well educated, well liked, and a good preacher."<ref name=martin>{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=Jan |title=William Tyndale, John Foxe, and the "Boy That Driveth the Plough" {{!}} Religious Studies Center |journal=Religious Educator |date=2016 |volume=17 |issue=2 |url=https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-17-no-2-2016/william-tyndale-john-foxe-boy-driveth-plough#_note-10}}</ref> Tyndale fought with another reformer [[George Joye]] who wrote in 1535: "Let every man be ware how he medle with Tin[dale]," finding him disdainful, conceited, hypocritical and unwilling to have his Bible translations corrected.<ref name=martin/> [[Foxe's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe]], writing in around 1562, considered Tyndale "simple and inexpert" in "the wily subtleties of this world."<ref>The Life and Story of the True Servant and Martyr of God, William Tyndale, Chapter XII, {{cite book |last1=Foxe |first1=John |title=Foxe's Book of Martyrs |publisher=Christian Classics Ethereal Library |url=https://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/fox112.htm |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref> The view of Tyndale given by a recent biography has been summarized as a "difficult, aggressive, unworldly and monomaniacal man."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nicolson |first1=Adam |title=Heretic and hero |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/heretic-and-hero-6319821.html |website=Evening Standard |language=en |date=11 April 2012}}</ref> Another modern biographer alludes to Tyndale's reputation as a "trouble-maker".{{sfn|Daniell|2001|p=85}} The famous [[Plowboy trope|ploughboy]] story attributed to him takes place as a heated argument at a dinner party. 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