Religious truth is captive in a small number of manuscript books, which guard the common treasure, instead of diffusing it. Let us break the seal which holds the holy things; give wings to the truth that by means of speech, no longer written at great expense by the hand that wearies itself, but multiplied as the air by an unwearied machine, it may fly to seek every soul born into the world!
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"I do not know what I have done to deserve such persecution."
"God suffers in the great multitudes whom his sacred word cannot reach."
"Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world."
"The work of the scribes is doomed to oblivion."
"It is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall soon flow in inexhaustible streams the most abundant and most marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to relieve the thirst of men!"
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Sacred knowledge is locked away in rare, expensive manuscripts accessible only to a privileged few. We must liberate truth by making it reproducible at scale, so that ideas and holy wisdom can spread freely to every person alive, regardless of wealth or status, instead of remaining hoarded by institutions.
Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press around 1440, directly embodying this vision. His Gutenberg Bible was among the first major printed books, deliberately mass-producing scripture. His life's work was literally breaking the manuscript monopoly held by scribes and the Church, making books affordable and knowledge accessible across Europe.
In 15th-century Europe, books were hand-copied by monastic scribes, costing fortunes and taking months. Literacy was rare; the Church controlled theological knowledge. The Renaissance was stirring intellectual hunger, but information moved at a crawl. Gutenberg's press arrived precisely when Europe was ready to question institutional gatekeeping of knowledge and scripture.
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