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The first hand-written
English language Bible manuscripts were produced in the 1380's
AD by John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor,
scholar, and theologian. Wycliffe, (also spelled “Wycliff” &
“Wyclif”), was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition
to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary
to the Bible. With the help of his followers, called the Lollards, and his
assistant Purvey, and many other faithful scribes, Wycliffe produced dozens
of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated
out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe.
The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible
into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe had died, he ordered the bones
to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river!

Having God's Word available to the public in the language of the common
man, English, would have meant disaster to the church. No longer would they
control access to the scriptures. If people were able to read the Bible
in their own tongue, the church's income and power would crumble. They could
not possibly continue to get away with selling indulgences (the forgiveness
of sins) or selling the release of loved ones from a church-manufactured
"Purgatory". People would begin to challenge the church's authority
if the church were exposed as frauds and thieves. The contradictions between
what God's Word said, and what the priests taught, would open the public's
eyes and the truth would set them free from the grip of fear that the institutional
church held. Salvation through faith, not works or donations, would be understood.

By 500 AD the Bible had been translated into over 500
languages. Just one century later, by 600 AD, it has been
restricted to only one language: the Latin Vulgate! The only organized and
recognized church at that time in history was the Catholic Church of Rome,
and they refused to allow the scripture to be available in any language
other than Latin. Those in possession of non-Latin scriptures would be executed!
This was because only the priests were educated to understand Latin, and
this gave the church ultimate power… a power to rule without question…
a power to deceive… a power to extort money from the masses. Nobody
could question their “Biblical” teachings, because few people
other than priests could read Latin. The church capitalized on this forced-ignorance
through the 1,000 year period from 400 AD to 1,400 AD knows as the “Dark
and Middle Ages”.

calling themselves preterists

R. C. Sproul

nothing

to believe in any-momentism

Lewis believes in evolution: "For long centuries God perfected the
animal

form which was to become the vehicle of humanity and the image of
Himself"

(The Problem of Pain, pg. 177)

Lewis believes the Bible is a myth: "I have therefore no difficulty

accepting, say the view of those scholars who tell us that the account of

Creation in Genesis is derived from earlier Semitic stories which were
pagan

and mythical.: (Reflections on the Psalms pg. 110)