God's Outlaw William Tyndale

The story of William Tyndale, who was one of the first men to translate the Holy Bible into English, with remarkable accuracy, and who was martyred by his King. Wycliffe's translation later formed the basis of the King James Bible, as well as being the cornerstone of almost every other English Bible to follow.

A true story, God's Outlaw is about international politics, church intrigue, cold-blooded betrayal, and false justice ending in a criminal's death. But it's also about victorious faith and spiritual triumph over some of the greatest political and religious forces known in the 16th century.

A simple God-seeking man, William Tyndale somehow became one of the most wanted men in England and all of Europe. Pursued by King Henry VIII, Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More, and the Pope's personal legate Cardinal Wolsey, he darted across Europe to avoid capture, always pushing to complete the task that obsessed him.

The task was translating the Holy Bible into English and publishing it for his fellow countrymen, Englishmen who lived in a country where the Bible and even prayers in English were outlawed by a harsh and rigid Catholic based religious establihsment.

Today he is renowned as "the father of the English Bible," and is recognized as one of the major leaders of the English Reformation. But the tale of how he lived and died as "God's outlaw" is a compelling "rest-of-the-story," and is especially a moving encouragement for modern people of faith.