1525 - William Tyndale produces the first translation of the New Testament from Greek into English. 1524 - Bomberg prints a second edition Masoretic text prepared by Jacob ben Chayim. 1522 - Martin Luther translates and publishes the New Testament for the first time into German from the 1516 Erasmus version. 1517 - Daniel Bomberg's Rabbinic Bible contains the first printed Hebrew version (Masoretic text) with chapter divisions. 1516 - Desiderius Erasmus produces a Greek New Testament, a forerunner to the Textus Receptus. 1455 - After the invention of the printing press in Germany, Johannes Gutenberg produces the first printed Bible, the Gutenberg Bible, in the Latin Vulgate. 1428 - 44 years after Wycliffe's death, church officials dig up his bones, burn them, and scatter the ashes on Swift River. 1415 - 31 years after Wycliffe's death, the Council of Constance charges him with more than 260 counts of heresy. 1388 - John Purvey revises Wycliffe's Bible. These include the 39 Old Testament books, 27 New Testament books, and 14 Apocrypha books. 1381-1382 - John Wycliffe and associates, in defiance of the organized Church, believing that people should be permitted to read the Bible in their own language, begin to translate and produce the first handwritten manuscripts of the entire Bible in English. 1330 - Rabbi Solomon ben Ismael first places chapter divisions in the margins of the Hebrew Bible. 1325 - English hermit and poet, Richard Rolle de Hampole, and English poet William Shoreham translate the Psalms into metrical verse. 1240 - French Cardinal Hugh of Saint Cher publishes the first Latin Bible with the chapter divisions that still exist today. 1229 - Council of Toulouse strictly forbids and prohibits lay people from owning a Bible. 1205 - Stephen Langton, theology professor and later Archbishop of Canterbury, creates the first chapter divisions in the books of the Bible. 995-1010 - Aelfric, an English abbot, translates parts of Scripture into Old English. 950 - The Lindisfarne Gospels manuscript is translated into Old English. 865 - Saints Cyril and Methodius begin translating the Bible into Old Church Slavonic. 775 - The Book of Kells, a richly decorated manuscript containing the Gospels and other writings, is completed by Celtic monks in Ireland. 735 - Bede, English historian and monk, translates the Gospels into Anglo Saxon.
680 - Caedmon, English poet and monk, renders Bible books and stories into Anglo Saxon poetry and song. 600 - The Roman Catholic Church declares Latin as the only language for Scripture. Some consider the Armenian to be the most beautiful and accurate of all ancient translations. 500 - By now the Scriptures have been translated into multiple languages, not limited to but including an Egyptian version (Codex Alexandrinus), a Coptic version, an Ethiopic translation, a Gothic version (Codex Argenteus), and an Armenian version. It includes the 39 Old Testament books, 27 New Testament books, and 14 Apocrypha books. 390-405 - Saint Jerome translates the Hebrew Bible into Latin and completes the Latin Vulgate manuscript. 397 - Third Synod of Carthage approves the New Testament canon (27 books).
This translation becomes part of the Latin Vulgate manuscript. 382-384 - Saint Jerome translates the New Testament from original Greek into Latin. 367 - Athanasius of Alexandria identifies the complete New Testament canon (27 books) for the first time. It is eventually kept in the Vatican Library in Rome. 312 - Codex Vaticanus is possibly among the original 50 copies of the Bible ordered by Emperor Constantine. 305-310 - Lucian of Antioch's Greek New Testament text becomes the basis for the Textus Receptus. 240 - Origen compiles the Hexapla, a six-columned parallel of Greek and Hebrew texts. 200 - The Jewish Mishnah, the Oral Torah, is first recorded. 140-150 - Marcion of Sinope's heretical "New Testament" prompted Orthodox Christians to establish a New Testament canon. 45–100 - Original 27 books of the Greek New Testament are written.
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