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In religion, Protestantism was a driving force in the use of the vernacular in Christian Europe, the Bible being translated from Latin into vernacular languages with such works as the Bible in Dutch: published in 1526 by Jacob van Liesvelt ; Bible in French: published in 1528 by Jacques Lefevre d ’ Étaples ( or Faber Stapulensis ); German Luther Bible in 1534 ; Bible in Spanish: published in Basel in 1569 by Casiodoro de Reina ( Biblia del Oso ); Bible in Czech: Bible of Kralice, printed between 1579 and 1593 ; Bible in English: King James Bible, published in 1611.

In Catholicism, vernacular bibles were later provided, but Latin was used at Tridentine Mass until the Second Vatican Council of 1965.

Certain groups, notably Traditionalist Catholics, continue to practice Latin Mass.