In England a parliamentary statute was enacted, which ordered that “whoever read the Scriptures in English should forfeit land, chattels, goods, and life... and that, if they continued obstinate, or relapsed after being pardoned, they should first be hanged for treason against the king, and then burned for heresy against God. ”
उस समय यूरोप के दूसरे भागों में, कैथोलिक धर्म के पादरियों ने “आम इंसानों को बाइबल का प्रचार करने और उसे समझाने पर सख्त पाबंदी लगा रखी थी । ”