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#9 Truth and History, Lesson Eight: How we got our English Bible, plus comments on modern translations

 Church Councils formalized the Canon of the 66 books of scripture but the CANON had been determined by God and accepted by the people of God long before Councils.

But just because the canon was decided that didn’t mean ordinary people could read it.  The Primary Bible for centuries was Jerome’s Latin Vulgate

Most people couldn’t read and even if they did, fewer and fewer spoke Latin.

Because they were hand-copied, books very expensive to reproduce

But things changed with increased literacy, the printing press, economic growth, and the Reformation changed everything and that’s what this podcast is about.

Additional materials, quotes of early plus a chart of the various translations are below are at the Bible 805 website here: https://wp.me/pazrJD-39

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Yvon Prehn

Yvon Prehn is the founder and primary content creator for Bible805.com, a ministry is about helping you know, trust, apply, and teach the Bible.
No matter what else she was doing, (various jobs to support her ministry habit) Yvon has taught Bible classes pretty much all her life. She started teaching kindergartners in Sunday school when she was in third grade; had her own little class of fourth graders when she was in sixth grade, took over her high school youth group when she was 16-years-old when the sponsors at the little Presbyterian Church she was attending in Colorado Springs left town, and she’s never stopped teaching the Bible.
She’s taught in various situations in a variety of home studies and churches for many years and in addition to live classes, she currently has an extensive online Bible teaching ministry that includes classes, eBooks, training videos, podcasts, and the online Bible805 Academy (www.Bible805Academy.com), a totally free resource center that equips others to teach the Bible and an ever-growing YouTube channel, www.Youtube.com/Bible805. Links to her various resources are available at www.Bible805.com.
She currently attends Community Presbyterian Church in Ventura, CA.