This year marks the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation. Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517. Accompanying the Reformation was a marked increase in Bible translation in the mother tongue. One of the Reformers, William Tyndale (1494-1536) wrote this, as it pertains to Bible translation and communication in a language the hearer(s)/reader(s) understand:
It is truly as good to preach it to swine as to men, if you preach it in a tongue they understand not . . . How shall I believe the truth and promises which God has sworn, while you tell them unto me in a tongue which I understand not? (The Works of William Tyndale, vol. 1)
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