From the Geneva Bible, Patriot's Edition
"His prayers were answered. Tyndale's monumental work made its way to some English pulpits, and one had been paid for by the same king who persecuted him, Henry VIII, who became a supporter of Protestant reformers.
"In 1553, Mary Tudor [Bloody Mary] ascended the throne, soon married the Catholic King of Spain, and set about - often with violent cruelty, to stamp out the Reformation. Determined to force the English people back to Roman Catholicism, she ordered the burning of all copies of the Bible in English. She cause more than 300 reformers, pastors, and Bible translators to be burned at the stake... [thus earning the name] Bloody Mary....
"The competed Geneva Bible was published in 1560 and dedicated to queen Elizabeth who had succeeded her half-sister Bloody Mary to the throne....
"The Geneva Bible lost its prominence only after the King James Authorized Version of 1611 was widely promoted by he King and Bishop Laud (later Archbishop of Canterbury and persecutor of Presbyterians) who outlawed the printing of the Geneva Bible in the realm."
From the 1500 Geneva Bible, Patriot's Edition
"His prayers were answered. Tyndale's monumental work made its way to some English pulpits, and one had been paid for by the same king who persecuted him, Henry VIII, who became a supporter of Protestant reformers.
"In 1553, Mary Tudor [Bloody Mary] ascended the throne, soon married the Catholic King of Spain, and set about - often with violent cruelty, to stamp out the Reformation. Determined to force the English people back to Roman Catholicism, she ordered the burning of all copies of the Bible in English. She cause more than 300 reformers, pastors, and Bible translators to be burned at the stake... [thus earning the name] Bloody Mary....
"The competed Geneva Bible was published in 1560 and dedicated to queen Elizabeth who had succeeded her half-sister Bloody Mary to the throne....
"The Geneva Bible lost its prominence only after the King James Authorized Version of 1611 was widely promoted by he King and Bishop Laud (later Archbishop of Canterbury and persecutor of Presbyterians) who outlawed the printing of the Geneva Bible in the realm."