• Johann Gutenberg develops the movable type printing press allowing all of the subsequent Bible versions to be printed in much larger quantities.

 

  • Before 1455 the Latin Gutenburg Bible was printed. It was in two volumes, each of which had three hundred pages, and each of the pages had forty-two lines. The letters were sharp and clear.

 

  • It is no coincidence that Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation began soon after this invention in 1517. Communication of the newly rediscovered truths concerning grace and justification by faith can now reach the world. Also a far greater number of scholars now had cheaper access to printed Biblical texts.