“ As a further blow to the old school the Government commissioned in Paris a great printing of English Bibles, more sumptuous than any previous edition, and in September 1538 directed that every parish in the country should purchase a Bible of the largest volume in English, to be set up in each church, where the parishioners might most commodiously resort to the same and read it.
इतना ही नहीं, सितंबर 1538 को सरकार ने यह आज्ञा दी कि देश के सभी गिरजों में अँग्रेज़ी की सबसे बड़ी बाइबल खरीदकर रखी जानी चाहिए ताकि गिरजे के सदस्य आसानी से इसे पढ़ सकें ।