William Tyndale: A Biography; A Contribution to the Early History of the English Bible (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from William Tyndale: A Biography; A Contribution to the Early History of the English Bible<br><br>At the end of his fourth year of study he proceeded to the important work of determination. He had first to get six Masters of Arts to testify to his fitness in attainments character and age and they had sometimes it would seem to afirm that the appearance and stature of the candidate were satisfactory. Four other Masters of Arts were appointed whose duty it was to judge this testimony. The six Masters appeared in Congregation before these four and if their testimony was found satisfactory the candidate then took an oath that he had finished the needful studies and had passed responsions. It was at this point that the risk of rejection appeared. The ancient practice di?''ered very considerably from the modern. Failure to determine the knotty logical problems propounded did not involve the rejection of the candidate. It may have brought ridicule and disgrace upon him but it did not prevent him from proceeding to the degree of Master of Arts. The plucked scholar was the one who could not take the oath in the Congregation of the masters or whose character was such that he could find no six masters who would bear testimony to his fitness.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.