Printing+Press

The invention of the Printing Press by Johannes Gutenburg had a drastic effect on the history of the world. Before this invention, it was very time consuming to scribe or translate different works of literature. This influenced the power the Catholic Church had over Europe because only the clergy could interpret the Bible. The general population could not read Latin, the language of the Catholic Bible. But after the invention of the printing press, more people translated the Bible into different languages. More and more people began to read and interpret the Bible on their own.

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Gutenburg Printing Press. [Online image] Available http://www.edwardsamuels.com/illustratedstory/chapter%201/printers2.jpg, October 24, 2007.

Johannes Gutenburg. [Online image] Available http://rationalargumentator.com/johannes_gutenberg.jpg, October 24, 2007.