What bible book was used for religious organizations before the King James or before Gutenberg bible?

Answer 1

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!

Answer 2

the New testament books were all written individually by about 90A.D. They were circulated and copied from the "autographs" which were the very first written editions made. None of the original autographs exist today only subsequent copies. The writings of the first and second century church fathers which were the leaders of the churches then wrote letters to others which contained almost the whole New Testament in their content as well. The first compilation of the Bible was in the 1500's with the invention of the Gutenberg press, a printing press. That German version of the Bible was the first time all the books of the Bible were put in one volume. The King James version of the Bible came after the Gutenberg Bible was printed. About the earliest New Testament version was included in the Latin Vulgate which was a Latin translation of the whole Bible around the 1300's. There were other translations made that are relatively unknown but most of then also were made in the early 1500's when movable type was made although not necessarily in book form.

Answer 3

The above-referenced website is pure fiction. The Catholic Church had produced hand-printed copies of the Bible in fourteen different languages, including english, nearly a hundred years before Luther or Wycliffe were born. There would be no Protestant translations of the Bible at all if it were not for the Catholic translations they worked from, for every Bible before the 16th Century was a Catholic Bible. And the only complete and fully accurate Bibles available today are still Catholic Bibles. Hardly a surprise since the Catholic Church alone defined the Canon of Scripture and produced the Bible.

Answer 4

The Catholic Church translated the Bible into the language of the people, which was Latin at that time, way back in the 4th century.

The Church has continued to provide good, accurate translations in many different languages, to this day.

The protestant "red herring" about the church not wanting people to be able to read the Bible is pure nonsense.

The church insisted only that the Bible be translated accurately and truthfully, something the protestants could not bring themselves to do.

In spite of all the various protestant translations, they still have yet to agree on much of what the Bible actually says, while Catholics all over the world have successfully maintained the same creed for over 1600 years.

Answer 5

Many versions of the bible existed before the King James and the advent of mass printing.

See: http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/

for a good introduction to the evolution of the printed bible texts.

Answer 6

The Geneva Bible...

Answer 7

they werent christians yet.