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Wyclif, John
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Wyclif, John (
c.1330–84), probably born at Hipswell (near Wycliffe), a village near Richmond in North Yorkshire. He was connected with Merton, Balliol, and The Queen's colleges, Oxford, during 1354 to 1381. He was a protégé of
John of Gaunt, and he preached against
William of Wykeham and the Good Parliament in 1376. He was a trained scholastic who lectured and wrote on logic, 1361–72. He was an extreme exponent of
Realism, and his attacks on the authority and abuses in the Church, and ultimately his denial of Transubstantiation, led to repeated attempts to condemn him from at least 1378 onwards; he was finally condemned in 1380. His followers were known as
Lollards. His great significance lies in the Bible translations which he instigated. The earliest versions of these come from the 1380s. (See also
Bible, the English.)
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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; ; 700+ 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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A Companion to John Wyclif, late Medieval theologian.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ 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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John Wyclif: Myth and reality.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; John Wyclif: Myth and Reality. by G. R. Evans. (Downers Grove, Illinois. InterVarsity...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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Philosophy and Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif.(Ancient and Medieval)(Book Review)
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
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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