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'''Dates of Action:''' 1538 | '''Dates of Action:''' 1538 | ||
'''The Incident:'''Regnault, famous printer of English books was seized by the Inquisition while printing the "great" Bible for Cromwell. | '''The Incident:''' Regnault, famous printer of English books was seized by the Inquisition while printing the "great" Bible for Cromwell. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Regnault was imprisoned and the sheets of the "great" Bible for Cromwell were destroyed. | '''Results of Incident:''' Regnault was imprisoned and the sheets of the "great" Bible for Cromwell were destroyed. | ||
==Spain== | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' 1551 | |||
'''The Incident:''' The Inquisitorial Index of Valentia forbade Bibles in Spanish or any other vernacular. 1554 The Inquisitorial Index of Valladolid listed 103 editions of the Bible condemned because of errors and heresies to suppression, correction or cancellation. | |||
==Switzerland== | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' 1560 | |||
'''The Incident:''' The Geneva or "Breeches Bible" went into 140 editions between 1560 and 1644, although it was forbidden in the churches. | |||
==Germany== | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' 1624 | |||
'''The Incident:''' The Bible translated by Martin Luther in 1534 which had been the most widely read book in the country was condemned to flames by Papal authority. | |||
'''Source:''' Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B. Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978. | '''Source:''' Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B. Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978. | ||
