The great Bible, published in 1539, is essentially a revision of the Matthew Bible by the Scholar Miles Cloverdale. It is primarily built on the Cloverdale, Tyndale and Matthews Bibles. The difference is that Thomas Cranmer and Thomas Cromwell backed this translation and ordered a copy for every parish church. It was a very large Bible, usually chained to a reading desk in the Church, where people flocked to hear the Word of God Read.
Thompson's notes and Lion Handbook
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