The English Bible

• What did the injunctions of 1538 require each parish church to acquire?

  An English Bible
• When did the first edition of the Great Bible appear?

  1539
• What was depicted on the title page of the Great Bible?

  Henry VIII offering the word of God
• Who was shown receiving the word of God from Henry VIII in the Great Bible's title page?

  Cranmer and his bishops, Cromwell and politicians
• What did the Act for the Advancement of True Religion of 1543 restrict?

  Public reading of the Bible to upper-class males
• Why was the public reading of the Bible restricted according to the Act for the Advancement of True Religion?

  To maintain social control and good order
• What was the general attitude towards the word of God as expressed in the material?

  It was acceptable unless it loosened social control