John Wycliffe
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| name = John Wycliffe | birth_date = | birth_place = Hipswell, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England | death_date = | death_place = Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England | alma_mater = Merton College, Oxford | school_tradition = Scholasticism | main_interests = Theology | notable_works = Wycliffe's Bible (attributed) | influences = | influenced = }}
John Wycliffe (; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford. Wycliffe is traditionally believed to have advocated or made a vernacular translation of the Vulgate Bible (into Middle English), though more recent scholarship has minimalized the extent of his advocacy or involvement for lack of direct contemporary evidence.
He became an influential dissident within the Catholic priesthood during the 14th century and is often considered an important predecessor to Protestantism. His theory of ''dominion'' meant that men in mortal sin were not entitled to exercise authority in the church or state, nor to own property. Wycliffe insisted on the radical poverty of all clergy.
Wycliffe has been characterised as the "evening star" of scholasticism and as the morning star or of the English Reformation.
Certain of Wycliffe's later followers, derogatorily called Lollards by their orthodox contemporaries in the 15th and 16th centuries, adopted a number of the beliefs attributed to Wycliffe such as theological virtues, predestination, iconoclasm, and the notion of caesaropapism, with some questioning the veneration of saints, the sacraments, requiem masses, transubstantiation, monasticism, and the legitimacy or role of the Papacy. Wycliffe's writings in Latin greatly influenced the philosophy and teaching of the Czech reformer Jan Hus ( 1369–1415). Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1898
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Published: 2002
Superior document: King Henry's Bible, MS Bodley 277 the revised version of the Wyclif Bible 3
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Published: 1961
Superior document: MS. Bodley 959 Genesis - Baruch 3.20 in the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 2
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Published: 1969
Superior document: MS. Bodley 959 Genesis - Baruch 3.20 in the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 5
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Published: 2004
Superior document: King Henry's Bible, MS Bodley 277 the revised version of the Wyclif Bible 4
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Published: 1965
Superior document: MS. Bodley 959 Genesis - Baruch 3.20 in the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 4
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Published: 1973
Superior document: The earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 6
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Published: 1959
Superior document: MS. Bodley 959 Genesis - Baruch 3.20 in the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 1
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Published: 2001
Superior document: King Henry's Bible, MS Bodley 277 the revised version of the Wyclif Bible 2
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Published: 1963
Superior document: MS. Bodley 959 Genesis - Baruch 3.20 in the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 3
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King Henry's Bible, MS Bodley 277 : the revised version of the Wyclif Bible / ed. by Conrad Lindberg
Superior document: Stockholm studies in English ...
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Published: 1997
Superior document: The earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 8
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Published: 1994
Superior document: The earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible 7
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Superior document: Stockholm studies in English ...
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Superior document: Stockholm studies in English ...