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! ==Theological views== Tyndale was conjectured by Donald Smeeton to have come out of the [[Lollardy|Lollard]] tradition, which Smeeton argued was strong in Gloucestershire, but later scholars have cast doubt on these claims.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rex |first=Richard |date=2003 |title=New Light on Tyndale and Lollardy |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/ref_2003_8_1_007 |journal=Reformation |language=en |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=143β171 |doi=10.1179/ref_2003_8_1_007 |issn=1357-4175}}</ref> Tyndale denounced the practice of [[Intercession of saints|prayer to saints]].{{sfn|McGoldrick|1979|p=}} He also rejected the view that the scriptures could be interpreted only by approved clergy.<ref>{{Wikiquote-inline|William Tyndale}}</ref> While his views were influenced by Luther, Tyndale also deliberately distanced himself from the German reformer on several key theological points, adopting a more symbolical interpretation of the [[Eucharist|Lord's Supper]] in opposition to Luther's doctrine of the [[real presence of Christ in the Eucharist]].<ref>Tyndale, William, ''An Answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue: The Supper of the Lord After the True Meaning of John 6 and 1 Corinthians 11 and Wm. Tracie's Testament Expounded'', ed. Rev. Henry Walter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1850: 251β252. <https://archive.org/details/ananswertosirth00tyndgoog></ref> {{blockquote|Tyndale was very much interested in what has become known as covenant theology ("''Seek therefore in the scripture, as thou readest it, chiefly and above all, the covenants made between God and us''"), and took what has come to be thought of as a Calvinist stance on many issues, including the atonement ("''Christ's blood only putteth away all the sin that ever was, is, or shall be, from them that are elect''"). His Reformation sacramentology will surprise some modern evangelicals, ("''the sacraments which Christ ordained preach God's word unto us, and therefore justify, and minister the Spirit to them that believe''").|source=Dr Lee Gatiss [https://leegatiss.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/the-works-of-william-tyndale/]}} 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