Being the nerd that I am I get a daily e-mail about historical events that have taken place related to church history. At the top of today's list is the following:
1452 Johannes Gutenberg (ca. 1398-1468) began printing the Bible with his movable type printing process.
Thanks to his efforts, every home in America can now have a dusty copy of the Bible on their shelves. In honor of Gutenberg's work and those of the Reformers and others who have done so much to ensure that we have access to God's word, why don't we dust off that old book and give it a good read today. For that matter, why stop at today? For a Bible reading plan take a look at http://www.bibleplan.org/.
3 comments:
I love my nerd...
Being the nerd that I am, I am wondering where exactly the knowledge of this exact date comes from. I had always read that the origin of printing was shrouded somewhere between the mid-1440s and 1450s. But March 13, 1452 is pretty precise.
The source the I received this information from is provided by the LCMS through a daily e-mail listing events from history for the day. Sadly there was no corroborating substantiation that would lend additional validation of this particular date.
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