Quote#Truth
I had perceived by experience, how that it was impossible to stablish…
Quote byWilliam Tyndale · 1494–1536
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Preface to The Pentateuch (1530).
English (original)
I had perceived by experience, how that it was impossible to stablish the lay people in any truth, except the scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue, that they might see the process, order, and meaning of the text.
— William Tyndale
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