William Tyndale, contribution to the English Language and was the Father of both the English Bible and the English Language. I believe that the pervasive presence of the English Bible in Shakespeare's Plays refutes two common fashions on the scholarly scene today. One is the myth that Shakespeare is a secular author. On the contrary, the biblical presence sends a signal about the intellectual allegiance of Shakespeare's Plays. Secondly, it is not simply the English Bible but the Geneva Bible, specifically, that primarily appears in Shakespeare's plays. The claim that Shakespeare was a closet Catholic has recently received a prominence that is without warrant, Shakespeare's use of what was for the Catholics a forbidden book is one evidence among many that Shakespeare was Protestant in his religious orientation. 1. Let there be lyghte. 2. Am I my brother’s keeper? 3. The Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be merciful unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 4. Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. 5. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 6. Fight the good fight. 7. The signs of the times. 8. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 9. He went out . . . and wept bitterly. 10. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God... 11. In him we live, move and have our being. 12. A law unto themselves. 13. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and yet had no love I were even as the sounding brass or as a tinkling cymbal. 14. lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil 15. knock and it shall be opened unto you 16. twinkling of an eye 17. a moment in time 18. fashion not yourselves to the world 19. seek and you shall find 20. eat, drink and be merry 21. ask and it shall be given you 22. judge not that you not be judged 23. the word of God which liveth and lasteth forever 24. let there be light 25. the powers that be 26. my brother's keeper 27. the salt of the earth 28. a law unto themselves 29. filthy lucre 30. it came to pass 31. gave up the ghost 32. the signs of the times 33. the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak 34. live and move and have our being
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