“He threatened me grievously, and reviled me.”

— William Tyndale

Tyndale had to appear before the administrator of the Worcester diocese on trumped-up heresy charges. Tyndale later recalled, adding that he had been treated like “a dog.” But there was no evidence to convict Tyndale of heresy.
The Watchtower 1995, 11/15. William Tyndale—A Man of Vision.

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