“Beyond all doubt, intellectual and emotional error about universals is the cause of all sin that reigns in the world.”
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John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford. Wycliffe is traditionally believed to have advocated for or made a vernacular translation of the Vulgate Bible into Middle English, though more recent scholarship has minimised the extent of his advocacy or involvement for lack of direct contemporary evide…
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culture · English theologian (1328–1384) · theologian · translator · philosopher · Bible translator · writer · parson · also John Wycliffe, John Wyclyf, Johann von Wyclif, Johann von Wiclif, Johannes von Wykliffe, Johannes Wiclef
Born 1320 · Died 31 December 1384 · Q173893
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2026· 2 entries
“On the Incarceration of the Faithful”
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2021· 1 entry
TV Guide: John Wycliffe: The Morning Star - Full Cast & Crew
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2020· 1 entry
MutualArt.com: John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
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2019· 1 entry
Christianity Today: Recommended Resources: John Wycliffe
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1384· 5 entries
Died 1384-12-31.
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“Already a third and more of England is in the hands of the Pope. There cannot be two temporal sovereigns in one country; either Edward is King or Urban is king. We make our choice. We accept Edward of England and refute Urban of Rome.”
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“I acknowledge that the sacrament of the altar is very God's body in form of bread, but it is in another manner God's body than it is in heaven.”
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“Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.”
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“Variant: I believe that in the end truth will conquer.”
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Born 1320.
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