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John Wycliffe. John Wycliffe ( / ˈwɪklɪf /; 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.
Wycliffe's Bible or Wycliffite Bibles or Wycliffian Bibles ( WYC) are names given for a sequence of Middle English Bible translations believed to have been made under the direction or instigation of English theologian John Wycliffe of the University of Oxford. They are the earliest known literal translations of the entire Bible into English ...
Lollardy, also known as Lollardism or the Lollard movement, was a proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that was active in England from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation. It was initially led by John Wycliffe, [ 1] a Catholic theologian who was dismissed from the University of Oxford in 1381 for heresy.
The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards is a Middle English religious text containing statements by leaders of the English medieval movement, the Lollards, inspired by teachings of John Wycliffe. [1] The Conclusions were written in 1395. [2] The text was presented to the Parliament of England and nailed to the doors of Westminster Abbey and St ...
Wycliffe Bible Translators USA (also known as Wycliffe USA) is an interdenominational nonprofit organization with a goal " for people from every language to understand the Bible and be transformed. " [ 1] Based in Orlando, Florida, it partners with many organizations and churches around the world to help facilitate the work of Bible translation.
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 ...
From the time of King Richard II until the time of the English Reformation, Lollards who owned Wycliffe's Bible with Lollard material, or read from that material publicly, could be prosecuted. Wycliffe's Bible was revised in the last years of the 14th century, perhaps by John Purvey. This late version (LV) was subject to the same ban and was ...
The Bible in its entirety was not translated into English until the Middle English period, with John Wycliffe's translation in 1382. In the centuries before this, however, many had translated large portions of the Bible into English. Parts of the Bible were first translated from the Latin Vulgate into Old English by a few monks and scholars.