title: Trial by Fire: The Struggle to get the Bible into English
author: Harold Rawlings
description: The Struggle to get the Bible into English- The author provides colorful descriptions of the distinctive contributions of various early Bible translators such as John Wycliffe and William Tyndale.
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  # True Words for Brave Men
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Charles Kingsley
  
  
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  * [INTRODUCTORY NOTE.](twor_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [I. THE GOOD CENTURION; OR, THE MAN UNDER AUTHORITY.](twor_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [II. CHRIST IS COME. A CHRISTMAS SERMON.](twor_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [III. IS, OR IS NOT, THE BIBLE TRUE?](twor_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [IV. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE TREE OF LIFE; OR,
  
  
  THE FALL.
  
  
  * [V. I AM.](twor_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [VI. THE ENGLISHMAN TRAINED BY TOIL.](twor_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [VII. HIGHER OR LOWER: WHICH SHALL WIN?](twor_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [VIII. ST. PETER; OR, TRUE COURAGE.](twor_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [IX. THE STORY OF JOSEPH.](twor_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [X. SLAVES OF FREE?](twor_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [XI. DANGERS—AND THE LITANY.](twor_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [XII. WILD TIMES, OR DAVID'S FAITH IN A LIVING GOD.](t