The Roman Catholic Church fully supported the divine right of kings and propped up the monarchies which swore allegiance to them. They let the kings do their dirty work and deposed of them if they developed any sort of an independent streak.
Speaking of William Tyndale, he was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English. Tyndale claimed the reason the Roman Catholic Church forbid owning or reading the Bible was to control and restrict religious teaching and to increase their own power and influence.
In true Catholic fashion, the Roman Catholic Church washes its hands of any blame in Tyndale's execution, even though they deemed him to be a heretic and their arrangement with the Holy Roman Empire ensured his fate.
Ultimately, it was the secular authorities that proved to be the end for Tyndale. He was arrested and tried (and sentenced to die) in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1536. His translation of the Bible was heretical because it contained heretical ideas—not because the act of translation was heretical in and of itself.
Oh wow it's been a whole 15 minutes since I heard Tyndale was killed because he translated the Bible. That's literally wrong.
He was killed by the protestant king of England for shitting on his divorce from Catherine. His last words were asking God to open the king's eyes. Henry was the one who ordered his death.
The Roman Catholic Church fully supported the divine right of kings and propped up the monarchies which swore allegiance to them. They let the kings do their dirty work and deposed of them if they developed any sort of an independent streak.
Speaking of William Tyndale, he was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into English. Tyndale claimed the reason the Roman Catholic Church forbid owning or reading the Bible was to control and restrict religious teaching and to increase their own power and influence.
In true Catholic fashion, the Roman Catholic Church washes its hands of any blame in Tyndale's execution, even though they deemed him to be a heretic and their arrangement with the Holy Roman Empire ensured his fate.
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/tyndales-heresy
Oh wow it's been a whole 15 minutes since I heard Tyndale was killed because he translated the Bible. That's literally wrong.
He was killed by the protestant king of England for shitting on his divorce from Catherine. His last words were asking God to open the king's eyes. Henry was the one who ordered his death.