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Wyclif(fe), John
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Wyclif(fe), John (
c.1329–84). English philosopher, theologian, and proponent of reform. He was resident in Oxford for most of his life. His views were not wholly original, and were somewhat protected by the fact that they were normally expressed within the university. However, he engendered controversy by stressing the importance of civil powers within the Church, which scandalized the
pope and leading clergy. He is chiefly remembered for his opposition to
transubstantiation and his support for vernacular scripture. Some of his ideas were preserved in Wycliffe's
Wicket, but his major achievements were to provide a translation of the Bible in English, and to put forward views on the Church which were later promoted by the
Lollards. He is recognized in the Church of England Lesser Festivals, 6 Oct.
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John Wyclif: Myth and Reality.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; John Wyclif: Myth and Reality. By G.R. Evans...with Gillian Evans's biography of John Wyclif. Wyclif is a notoriously misunderstood...the Examination and Death of Sir John Oldcastle (1544) calls Wyclif stella matutina, "Morning Star...
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John Wyclif: Scriptural Logic, Real Presence and the Parameters of Orthodoxy.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; John Wyclif: Scriptural Logic, Real Presence and the Parameters of Orthodoxy. By...history. Levy's work on the scriptural logic and Eucharistic theology of John Wyclif extends somewhat the range, even as it reflects the contours of Hagen...
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A Companion to John Wyclif, Late Medieval Theologian
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2008; ; 696 words
; A Companion to John Wyclif, Late Medieval Theologian. Edited by Ian Christopher Levy. [Brill...introduction stresses that this is intended to be a handbook for students of John Wyclif himself, rather than for those interested in what should more properly...
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Philosophy and Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...The English theologian John Wyclif first ran afoul of ecclesiastical...metaphysical realism integral to Wyclif's theory of dominium...poverty controversy, Pope John XXII condemned the notion...the Garden of Eden, but Wyclif was adamant that prelapsarian...
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John Wyclif: Myth and Reality
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; John Wyclif: Myth and Reality. By G. R. Evans. (Downers Grove, Illinois...achievements of the fourteenth-century English polymath and "heretic," John Wyclif, attempts simultaneously to be an account of the late medieval university...
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From Wyclif to Babel: some first books of poetry.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Pp. x + 62. $16.95. Burning Wyclif. By Thom Satterlee. Lubbock, TX...voice in this group. His Burning Wyclif won the Walt McDonald First-Book...fourteenth-century Oxford theologian John Wyclif. This might seem daunting material...
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Philosophy and Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif. By Stephen E. Lahey...attempted to demonstrate that Wyclif's works on civil and...influential 1952 work (John Wycliffe and the Beginnings...Nonconformity) and accepted that Wyclif's theology was conditioned...
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John Wyclif: On Simony.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1993; ; 583 words
; John Wyclif: On Simony, trans. by Terrence A. McVeigh. (New York: Fordham University...1344-8. $27.00. Translations of the numerous Latin writings of John Wyclif are few and far between, and, given the frequent obscurity for a modern...
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John Wyclif's discourse on dominion in community.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 498 words
; 9789004163492 John Wyclif's discourse on dominion in community...post was not an accident, according to Wyclif, and any effort to gain or reject dominion...begins the process of reconstruction of Wyclif's reputation as a major influence in...
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Text and Controversy from Wyclif to Bale: Essays in Honour of Anne Hudson.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...The second section, on Wyclif's influence and reputation...Moston and the teaching of Wyclif's logic; Vincent Gillespie on responses to Wyclif's writings at Syon in the...and James P. Carley on John Bale, John Leland, and the...
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John Wyclif
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Wyclif The English theologian and reformer John Wyclif (c. 1330-1384) was the most influential...the second half of the 14th century. John Wyclif's denial of the doctrine of transubstantiation...
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Wyclif, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Wyclif, John ( c. 1329–...Hall (1377). As John of Gaunt's prot...Scripture inspired Wyclif to start a translation...lollards and in Bohemia by John Hus. The Council of...1415) condemned Wyclif's views, and his...
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Wyclif(fe), John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Wyclif(fe), John ( c. 1329–84). English philosopher, theologian, and proponent of reform. He was resident in Oxford for most of...
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John Huss
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...influence of the writings of John Wyclif , and though he did not...Baldassare Cardinal Cossa as John XXIII. With papal support...ordered the burning of Wyclif's books, and excommunicated...the bulls of the antipope John XXIII against King Lancelot...
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John Purvey
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Purvey c.1354-c.1421, English scholar...into English. Becoming associated with John Wyclif at Oxford, he accompanied the Lollard leader...the Bible previously begun by others under Wyclif's inspiration. He completed (c.1395...
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