Before 400 AD, the Bible was only written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Although by 500 AD it had been translated into over 500 languages, the only official language used by the Church was Latin. This made learning the Bible quite difficult for people who did not understand Latin or have the means to learn it. In 995 AD, the first Anglo-Saxon translation was produced of the New Testament, but it took until 1455 AD before the whole book was mass-produced on a printing press, and another 80 years before the first complete Bible was printed in English.
Almost 500 years later, the Bible is still going through many different transformations. there are now recorded Audio Bibles available and it is even possible to download the entire NIV online Bible. Although it is the most translated book in the world, there are still people who do not have the means ...read more
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