PRINTERS FROM THE 1600S

THE PRINTING PRESS

• The printing press is a device that applies pressure to an inked surface and transfers the ink to another surface, such as paper or cloth.
• It was typically used for text.

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• The first printing press was invented around 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg.
• Before, text was written and copied by hand.
• This new technology spread rapidly because now, book and newspaper production was MUCH faster and more available.

In the new world

• The first press in the Americas was set up in Mexico City a little less then 50 years after Columbus arrived in the New World.
• The first printing press in the present day United States was set up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and began printing in 1939, 19 years after the arrival of the Mayflower.

We are moving to the New England Colonies (Massachusetts) because we want religiousness freedom. We want to print the bible

Printing of the Bible

• The first book Johannes Gutenberg printed was the Bible in Latin.
• The Church believed that the Bible should only be printed in Latin, and no other language.
• Therefore, the Church feared that printing could threaten their authority since it was so much easier to make thousands of more copies than before.

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• Pope Innocent the VIII required that Church authorities check and approve all books before publishing. This was called censorship, and it began in 1487.
• The Bible in any other language but Latin was not approved.
• John Wycliffe and Martin Luther were two people who thought that others should be able to have access to the Bible in their language as well.

WE CONTRIBUTE BY MAKING IT EASIER TO WORSHIP AND READ THE BIBLE

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