On a cold October morning in 1555, two English bishops—Hugh Latimer (1487-1555) and Nicholas Ridley (c1500-1555)—were led to the stake in Oxford. Their crime? Faithfulness to the Word of God and rejection of papal authority.

A Scholar with a Holy Purpose Few names in Christian history shine with greater courage than William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536). Scholar, linguist, and martyr, Tyndale dedicated his life to one great cause: that the common people of England might read the Word of God in their own tongue.