The Pilgrims & Plymouth Colony 1620 P3

One thing that made the Geneva Bible distinctive was its unique marginal commentaries. Penned by prominent reformers, these commentaries regularly challenged the corrupt European culture of the day, especially criticizing practices that violated God’s Word, whether in government, judiciary, education, law, culture, organized religion, or any other sphere of life.

The Reformers, also known as Dissenters, realized how flawed the civil and religious systems of Europe were at that time. But when they publicly pointed this out in England, they often experienced brutal persecution from the monarch, who was at that time the remains to this day, the head of the State-established Church of England.

Content sourced from "The American Story, the beginnings" by David Barton and Tim Barton