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  2. John Wycliffe - Wikipedia

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    John Wycliffe (/ ˈ w ɪ k l ɪ f /; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; [a] c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) [2] was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford.

  3. Ecclesiae Regimen - Wikipedia

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    The manuscript (usually associated with the name Ecclesiae Regimen) is a medieval Latin undated handwritten text document containing church reform thoughts of John Wycliffe and the Lollards. The Roman Catholic Church reformation ideas identified as originally belonging to John Wycliffe was expounded upon by the Wycliffite party known as the ...

  4. Proto-Protestantism - Wikipedia

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    The movement was started by John Wycliffe and its doctrine anticipated those found in the Protestant Reformation. [57] Hussites: Hussites were a 15th-century group in Bohemia, founded by Jan Hus, who was influenced by the writings of John Wycliffe. [58] [59] Jan Hus attacked indulgences and believed the scriptures to be the only authority for ...

  5. Lollardy - Wikipedia

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    In this 19th-century illustration, John Wycliffe is shown giving the Bible translation that bore his name to his Lollard followers. Lollardy [a] was a proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that was active in England from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation.

  6. Wycliffe's Bible - Wikipedia

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    The oldest narrative is that John Wycliffe, as the "Morning Star of the Reformation", and his household created the first translation of the Bible into English, with a view of making it available to laymen and to break the power of the church, with copies primarily circulating among Latin-illiterate Lollards.

  7. The Candle is Lighted, We Cannot Blow Out - Wikipedia

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    In this engraving-painting pair showing 16 reformers and 6 theologians, the men sitting around the table are identified as A John Wycliffe, B Jan Hus, C Jerome of Prague, D Ulrich Zwingli, E Martin Luther, F John Oecolampadius, G Martin Bucer, H John Calvin, I Philip Melanchthon, K Peter Martyr Vermigli, L John Knox, M Matthias Flacius, N Heinrich Bullinger, O Hieronymus Zanchi, P Theodore ...

  8. English Reformation - Wikipedia

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    Lollardy anticipated some Protestant teachings. This anticlerical movement originated from the teachings of theologian John Wycliffe (died 1384), and the Catholic Church considered it heretical. Lollards believed in the primacy of scripture and that the Bible should be available in the vernacular languages for the benefit of the laity.

  9. Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards - Wikipedia

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    The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards is a Middle English religious text written in 1395 containing statements by leaders of the English medieval movement, the Lollards, inspired by some of the teachings of John Wycliffe.