Stronger than Fire (Updated Edition)

How can I learn to know God? Casiodoro wondered. How can I know if my sins are forgiven? According to the priests, if you confessed your sins to them and recited enough prayers, God would forgive you. But why didn't it bring peace? And why did God seem closer out in the fields than during Mass? His father said these were dangerous thoughts.

If only he had a Bible to read! Then he could find answers to his questions. But in Spain, in the 1500s, there was no Spanish Bible—only a Latin one, which few people could read. The priests said that was all they needed. And the Roman Catholic Church did not take kindly to new ideas...

One day Casiodoro got a taste of what God's Word would be like in his own language, and a flame started to burn. Thus began a dangerous quest to translate the Bible into Spanish. His new translation was so well done that a revised version is still being used today.

This gripping story of Casiodoro de Reina's mission is one of determination, suffering, and betrayal. It is a story of the horrors of the dreaded Catholic Inquisition. Above all, it is a story of triumph—of how the Word of God is stronger than fire.