Französisch - Englisch
Definition von miles coverdale im Französisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Miles Coverdale (1488-1568), English cleric and translator who translated, and produced the first complete English translation of the Bible in 1535
Englisch - Englisch
Definition von miles coverdale im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- {i} (1488-1568) English cleric and translator who translated and produced the first complete English translation of the Bible in 1535
- born 1488?, York, Yorkshire, Eng. died Jan. 20, 1569, London English bishop who issued the first printed English Bible. Ordained in 1514, he became an Augustinian friar at Cambridge, where he adopted Lutheran beliefs. By 1528 he was preaching against graven images and the mass. He lived abroad during 1528-34 to escape persecution, and while in Antwerp he translated the entire Bible into English; his Bible was published in 1535. He returned to England and edited the Great Bible (1539) but was soon forced to flee by the religious policies of Henry VIII. He returned after Henry's death and became bishop at Exeter in 1551. Under the Catholic Mary I, he lost his office but was spared execution
Englisch - Französisch
Definition von miles coverdale im Englisch Französisch wörterbuch
- {n} Miles Coverdale (1488-1568), prélat anglais, évêque et traducteur qui a traduit pour la première fois la Bible complète en anglais