Publication of Tyndale's English New Testament

Timeline

1. 1525Cologne · CologneAfter being unable to obtain permission to translate the Bible in England, Tyndale fled to the continent and rendered Erasmus's Greek New Testament into English. The quarto printing begun in Cologne was interrupted before completion by the anti-Lutheran activist Johann Cochlaeus and the city authorities. He carried the printed sheets down the Rhine, and only fragmentary leaves survive.
2. 1526Worms · GermanyIn the free imperial city of Worms, Tycho had Peter Schöffer print the first complete printed English New Testament, with an estimated print run of about 3,000 to 6,000 copies. The translation was based directly on the Greek, with reference to the Latin Vulgate and Luther's German New Testament; its concise language became the main source of later English Bible phrasing.
3. 1526Antwerp · AntwerpThe printed copies were secretly carried into England and Scotland through Antwerp and other ports. Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London, denounced it as an erroneous translation and publicly burned copies in autumn 1526, which only stimulated demand. Reprints subsequently appeared in Antwerp, allowing this banned text to keep permeating the English reading world during Henry VIII's lifetime.