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Print And Literacy Fueled Reformation
- The printing press and rising literacy drove demand for vernacular Bibles and fueled the Protestant Reformation.
- People wanted direct access to scripture, undermining clerical monopoly on interpretation.
Erasmus’ Greek New Testament Sparked Translations
- Erasmus published a Greek New Testament and argued the Bible should be available in every language.
- His edition directly enabled translators like Luther to produce vernacular Bibles.
Luther’s German Bible As A Model
- Luther translated the New Testament into German using Erasmus's Greek text and completed it in 1522.
- His translation modelled how a vernacular Bible could spread reformist ideas via print.