What crime was Tyndale convicted of?
Murder
Fraud
Treason
Heresy
Answer
Heresy is the belief in or adherence to religious ideas that are considered unorthodox or contradictory to the official doctrines of a particular church or religious denomination. Tyndale was convicted of heresy because of his translation of the Bible into English. His version, known as the Tyndale Bible, was deemed to be inaccurate and misleading by the Catholic Church, which held sole authority over biblical interpretation at the time.
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