Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark - James Aitken Wylie

two brothers Olaf and Lawrence, at the request of
the king, undertook the translation of the whole
Bible. The work was completed in due time, and
published in Stockholm. "New controversies," said
the king, "arise every day; we have now an
infallible judge to which we can appeal them."[14]
The Popish clergy bethought them of a notable
device for extinguishing the light which the labors
of the two Protestant pastors had kindled. They
resolved that they too would translate the New
Testament into the vernacular of Sweden. Johannes
Magnus, who had lately been inducted into the
Archbishopric of Upsala, presided in the execution
of this scheme, in which, though Adam Smith had
not yet written, the principle of the division of
labor was carried out to the full. To each university
was assigned a portion of the sacred Books which
it was to translate. The Gospel according to St.
Matthew and the Epistle to the Romans were
allotted to the College of Upsala. The Gospel
according to St. Mark, with the two Epistles to the
Corinthians, was assigned to the University of
Linkoping; St. Luke's Gospel and the Epistle to the
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