Fulke's Confutation New Testament
A.D. 1589
The Bishops’ Bible was first published in 1568, as an attempt by the Anglican bishops to forestall the popularity of the Geneva Bible (first published in Geneva in 1560). Reacting to the abundant column comments critical of ecclesiastical policies and opinions (both Roman Catholic and Anglican) in the Geneva Bible, the bishops of the Church of England followed the lead of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, in proposing and preparing an English translation without “bitter or controversial annotations.”
William Fulke (1538-1589) was a controversial leader in the Puritan party of the Anglican church, and an outspoken critic of the Roman Church. When the Roman Catholic Church reluctantly gave up their “Latin only” policy of scripture and allowed the Latin Vulgate New Testament to be translated into English, the disputational William Fulke was quick to denounce the Rhemish New Testament.
The Roman Catholic edition of the English New Testament was known as the Rhemes (or Rheims) New Testament due to its initial publication in Rhemes in 1582. It was translated by Gregory Martin and his colleagues at the English speaking Catholic seminary in Rhemes, France.
William Fulke arranged both the New Testament of the Bishops’ Bible and the Rhemes New Testament in parallel columns in an attempt to refute and show the inadequacy of the Catholic translation. It was first published in 1589, the year of Fulke’s death. Fulke’s objective was somewhat thwarted by increasing the exposure and availability of the Rhemes New Testament.
There is an original 1589 first-edition copy of the William Fulke Confutation New Testament in the collection.
William Fulke (1538-1589) was a controversial leader in the Puritan party of the Anglican church, and an outspoken critic of the Roman Church. When the Roman Catholic Church reluctantly gave up their “Latin only” policy of scripture and allowed the Latin Vulgate New Testament to be translated into English, the disputational William Fulke was quick to denounce the Rhemish New Testament.
The Roman Catholic edition of the English New Testament was known as the Rhemes (or Rheims) New Testament due to its initial publication in Rhemes in 1582. It was translated by Gregory Martin and his colleagues at the English speaking Catholic seminary in Rhemes, France.
William Fulke arranged both the New Testament of the Bishops’ Bible and the Rhemes New Testament in parallel columns in an attempt to refute and show the inadequacy of the Catholic translation. It was first published in 1589, the year of Fulke’s death. Fulke’s objective was somewhat thwarted by increasing the exposure and availability of the Rhemes New Testament.
There is an original 1589 first-edition copy of the William Fulke Confutation New Testament in the collection.
