(June 22, 2012 at 1:11 pm)Ziploc Surprise Wrote: About Tyndale, from what I recall from what I read, his heresy revolves around his religious based reasons for objecting to Henry the 8th's divorce and remarriage and his unauthorized translation of the Bible. I.e. the "right" translation of the Bible was strongly determined by how well it fits into the kings ambitions.
Well, the timeline for him being labeled a heretic doesn't add up that way.
At least as early as 1529, Cardinal Wosley had him marked as a heretic officially. His books were being burned and banned at the time. This was the same cardinal who was dismissed when the pope didn't give Henry VIII an annulment. The same cardinal who was going to be tried for treason himself. It wasn't until 1530 that Tyndale wrote against Henry VIII's marriage to Boleyn and was then sought by the king.
It is the general consensus that Tyndale was labeled a heretic and would have been executed if caught, regardless of the king's feelings. He just became a better target once the king was offended by him.
