Let every man of whatsoever craft or occupation he be of... serve his brethren.
William TyndaleRead
I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of knowledge and understanding of scriptures over traditional authority.
William Tyndale's quote highlights the idea that true understanding and interpretation of religious texts can be found outside of established religious authorities, suggesting that anyone, regardless of their status or occupation, can possess greater insight into spiritual matters than even the most recognized leaders, like the pope. This reflects a democratization of knowledge and a challenge to the status quo of religious structures.
Themes
EducationKnowledgeScripturesAuthorityUnderstanding
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire students in a class discussion about the value of diverse sources of knowledge.
More from William Tyndale
All quotes βthey go and set up free-will with the heathen philosophers and say that a man's free will is the cause why God chooseth and not another, contrary to all scriptures.
William TyndaleRead
We do not wish to abolish teaching and to make every man his own master, but if the curates will not teach the gospel, the layman must have the Scripture, and read it for himself, taking God for his teacher.
William TyndaleRead
I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I meet them in the street openly, they would abhor me; but if I pray them where they be appointed to meet me secretly, they will hear me and accept my request.
William TyndaleRead
The Law and the Gospel are two keys. The Law is the key that shutteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is the key which opens the door and lets them out.
William TyndaleRead
Marriage was ordained for a remedy and to increase the world and for the man to help the woman and the woman the man, with all love and kindness.
William TyndaleRead
Similar quotes
All books are doors; and some of them are wardrobes.
Susanna ClarkeRead
When I'm documenting, for example, a story on women in Afghanistan, I will do a huge amount of research and a lot of time on the ground just getting to know the women before I even start shooting.
Lynsey AddarioRead
Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability just as all children develop the ability to speak their mother tongue. The potential of every child is unlimited.
Shinichi SuzukiRead
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.
Diane RavitchRead
This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed, and from that reflection will come their necessary engagement in the struggle for their liberation. And in the struggle this pedagogy will be made and remade
Paulo FreireRead
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
Seneca The YoungerRead