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Bible. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (1076 words) |
 | The interpretation of the Bible is one of the traditional points of difference between Protestants, who believe that the Scriptures speak for themselves, and Roman Catholics, who hold that the church has ultimate authority in the interpretation of the Scriptures. |
| The Geneva Bible, or Breeches Bible, was a revision of the Great Bible, financed and annotated by the Calvinists of Geneva. |
| The Bishops’ Bible (1568) was a recasting of Tyndale. |
| English Bible History: Timeline of how we got the English Bible (5639 words) |
| Cranmer's Bible, published by Coverdale, was known as the Great Bible due to its great size: a large pulpit folio measuring over 14 inches tall. |
| There, with the protection of the great theologian John Calvin (author of the most famous theological book ever published, Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion)and John Knox, the great Reformer of the Scottish Church, the Church of Geneva determined to produce a Bible that would educate their families while they continued in exile. |
| In 1568, a revision of the Great Bible known as the Bishop's Bible was introduced. |
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