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The invention of the printing press is considered one of the greatest inventions of all time, and it had an enormous impact on Europe.  The Reformation in the following century relied on the printing press to circulate translations of the Bible in German to the public. Before Johann Gutenberg and the press, no common person could own their own copy.

The invention of the printing press is considered one of the greatest inventions of all time, and it had an enormous impact on Europe.  The Reformation in the following century relied on the printing press to circulate translations of the Bible in German to the public. Before Johann Gutenberg and the press, no common person could own their own copy.

Some historians claim that the printing press had already been invented in China before Gutenberg, but this is debatable as no one in the West was aware of it.

Some historians claim that the printing press had already been invented in China before Gutenberg, but this is debatable.