Angus Library and Archive

14/09/2026

Everyone is warmly invited to visit our exhibition: Game Changer: William Tyndale and Translations of the Bible 1526-1820 on Saturday 19th (10.00-16.00) and Sunday 20th September 2026 (11.00-15.00).
Admission is free, but you must register and book a time for your visit by following this link
Please note that on Saturday 19th September, the time slot from 15.00-16.00 is reserved for Regent’s alumni and invited guests only.
The publication of William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament into English in 1526 was a game changer. His aim was to make the Bible accessible to everyone and no other English writer – not even Shakespeare – has reached so many readers. Tyndale’s Testament has influenced every English Bible translation that has followed. Phrases we use every day – ‘let there be light’, ‘salt of the earth’, ‘eat, drink and be merry’ – are Tyndale’s.
500 years later, Regent’s invites you to explore the enduring impact of Tyndale’s translation.
We've unlocked the treasures of the Angus Library to trace the stories of Bible translation from Tyndale’s Testament through to the first translations of the Bible into Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit at the Serampore Press in the in the early nineteenth century.
You will see:
• Archival treasures including Tyndale’s 1536 Testament, the first translations of the Bible into Welsh and Manx, a 16th-century Syriac Bible printed in Vienna, a 16th-century copy of the Tanakh printed in Venice, and much more!
• Early English New Testaments and Bibles influenced by Tyndale’s pioneering work
• The sources used by Tyndale and others for their translations
• Developments in Bible printing and translation across the 17th and 18th centuries
• Non-conformist women's interpretations of the Bible in the 18th and early 19th centuries
• People and communities across the world who treasured their Bibles.
We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting exhibition.

10/08/2026

Everyone is warmly invited to visit our exhibition: Game Changer: William Tyndale and Translations of the Bible 1526-1820 on Saturday 19th (10.00-16.00) and Sunday 20th September 2026 (11.00-15.00).

Admission is free, but you must register and book a time for your visit by following this link

Please note that on Saturday 19th September, the time slot from 15.00-16.00 is reserved for Regent’s alumni and invited guests only.

The publication of William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament into English in 1526 was a game changer. His aim was to make the Bible accessible to everyone and no other English writer – not even Shakespeare – has reached so many readers. Tyndale’s Testament has influenced every English Bible translation that has followed. Phrases we use every day – ‘let there be light’, ‘salt of the earth’, ‘eat, drink and be merry’ – are Tyndale’s.

500 years later, Regent’s invites you to explore the enduring impact of Tyndale’s translation.

We've unlocked the treasures of the Angus Library to trace the stories of Bible translation from Tyndale’s Testament through to the first translations of the Bible into Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit at the Serampore Press in the in the early nineteenth century.

You will see:
• Archival treasures including Tyndale’s 1536 Testament, the first translations of the Bible into Welsh and Manx, a 16th-century Syriac Bible printed in Vienna, a 16th-century copy of the Tanakh printed in Venice, and much more!
• Early English New Testaments and Bibles influenced by Tyndale’s pioneering work
• The sources used by Tyndale and others for their translations
• Developments in Bible printing and translation across the 17th and 18th centuries
• Non-conformist women's interpretations of the Bible in the 18th and early 19th centuries
• People and communities across the world who treasured their Bibles.
We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting exhibition.

18/05/2026

All are invited -online and in person- to the 2026 Baptist Historical Society Annual Lecture, when Professor Brian Stanley will be giving his lecture,

"The Eloquence of Silence :what we have omitted to say about Baptist missions in an age of empire".

27/10/2025

You are warmly invited to the first of our Autumn series of Friends of the Angus seminars, when Dr Lee Spitzer, Research Fellow for the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Amsterdam and Historian at the Baptist World Alliance, will be speaking on the history of the BWA in his talk:

'Sharing Jesus with the World: 120 Years of Baptist World Alliance Reflection and Witness'

Please join us for a thought provoking and interesting evening online at 7.30 on the 13th of November.

To book a free ticket please go to:: :https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-baptist-studies

09/06/2025

This volume of pamphlets written by Henry Layton (1622-1705), author of works on among other subjects, the immortality of the soul, was once in the library of the great philosopher and physician John Locke (1632-1704) and now resides in the Angus.
In a 1702 letter, Layton thanked Locke for the 'easie reception of my book' & Locke notes that the book is the authors gift, ex dono authoris, next to his name.

09/06/2025

We are delighted to announce that the Baptist Times and the Baptist Union Handbooks have now been digitised and are available online at Find My Past www.findmypast.co.uk and the British Newspapers Archive www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Happy searching!

05/05/2025

Important announcement!

The Angus Library will close temporarily from January - October 2026 to all visitors & enquirers.
Temporary closure will enable us to carry out important library and archive tasks. We'll be able to reopen late next year providing an even better service while protecting and promoting our amazing collections to new and existing users.
For more details, please go to :
https://theangus.rpc.ox.ac.uk/temporary-closure-of-the-angus-library-and-archive/

27/03/2025

An amazing story about a rare find - the beautiful Bible translated into Chinese by Baptist Missionary Joshua Marshman & the Armenian translator Johannes Lassar, who was fluent in the Chinese language. What an incredible discovery!

The rare book, which is dated 1815-1822 and translated by John Lassar and Joshua Marshman, was originally found in a pile of donations at Oxfam’s Chelmsford bookshop in Essex.

27/03/2025

You are very warmly invited to the next in our series of online 'Opening the Angus' online seminars at 7.30 on the 2nd of April. Paloma Miravet Llorens will be giving a fascinating talk about gender and agency in colonial societies (Fernando Po, 19th century) in 'We the principal inhabitants of this town'.

03/03/2025

Please join us for our Friends of the Angus online seminar this Thursday, the 6th of March at 7.30.
Dr Zach Williams of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will be giving his talk, "A 'Capital Part' of Salvation: Abraham Booth on the necessity of Holiness in the Christian Life".
Abraham Booth was an extraordinary figure; Baptist minister, author, fierce opponent of slavery and strong proponent of education, being a founding member of the Baptist Education Society.
All are welcome! To register for tickets, please go to: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-baptist-studies