Talk:John Bale

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles

Theatre Low‑importance

	Theatre portal This article is part of WikiProject Theatre, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of theatre on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.TheatreWikipedia:WikiProject TheatreTemplate:WikiProject TheatreTheatre articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Anglicanism Low‑importance

	John Bale is part of WikiProject Anglicanism, an attempt to better organize information in articles related to Anglicanism and the Anglican Communion. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.AnglicanismWikipedia:WikiProject AnglicanismTemplate:WikiProject AnglicanismAnglicanism articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Ireland Low‑importance

	Ireland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ireland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Ireland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IrelandWikipedia:WikiProject IrelandTemplate:WikiProject IrelandIreland articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Untitled

The quote "What profit has not that fable of Christ brought us!"
This is usually atributed to Pope Leo X. But here its origin is traced to John Bale's Pageant of the Popes.

For on a time when a cardinal Bembus did move a question out of the Gospel, the Pope gave him a very contemptuous answer saying: All ages can testify enough how profitable that fable of Christ hath been to us and our company.
Pageant of the Popes Page 179

The atribution to Pope X goes back at least to 1605 where I just now found it in the Epistle to the Reader of the english translation of La Primaudaye's The Second Part of the French Academie.
If this quote can be confirmed (if not its significance as the earliest source of the attribution to Leo X) then maybe it should be included. The Bernmeister (talk) 01:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Denomination

Why is Bale shown in the sidebar as 'Roman Catholic'? I would have thought that his denomination was 'Church of Ireland' - having been appointed under Edward VI.

Alekksandr (talk) 12:01, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Now changed Alekksandr (talk) 17:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Holme

> removing later to the house of "Holme", (possibly the Carmelite Hulne Priory near Alnwick in Northumberland

This is absurd. It's much more likely to be St Benet's Holme, near Norwich. 86.161.107.20 (talk) 11:26, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]