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Wyclif, John - all: wĭkˈlĭf, c.1328–1384, English reformer. A Yorkshireman by birth, Wyclif studied and taught theology and philosophy at Oxford. He was later made rector at Fillingham (1361), at Ludgershall (1368), and at Lutterworth (1374). His belief in the doctrine that Christ is man's only overlord and that power should depend on a state of grace made him a champion of the people against the abuses of the church. He early associated himself with the anticlerical party in the nation and in 1374 was sent to Bruges to represent the English crown in negotiations over payment of tribute to the Holy See. From 1377 he made many vigorous attacks in both Latin and English on orthodox church doctrines, especially that of transubstantiation. Through his own preaching in the vernacular at Oxford and London and the itinerant teaching of his "poor priests," he spread the doctrine that the Scriptures are the supreme authority and that the good offices of the church are not requisite to grace. He was condemned as a heretic in 1380 and again in 1382, and his followers were persecuted, but he was not disturbed in his retirement at Lutterworth, where he died in 1384. The Wyclif Bible is a great landmark in the history of the Bible and of the English language. This first and literal translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible into English was mainly the work of his followers, notably Nicholas Hereford; the smoother revision of c.1395 was directed by Wyclif's follower John Purvey. In England the Lollards (see Lollardry) formed the link between Wyclif and the Protestant Reformation; on the Continent he was a chief forerunner of the Reformation, through his influence on Jan Huss, the Bohemian reformer, and through Huss on Martin Luther and the Moravians.

See editions of most of his works by the Wyclif Society; biography by H. B. Workman (1926); G. M. Trevelyan, England in the Age of Wycliffe (new ed. 1972); K. B. McFarlane, John Wycliffe and the Beginnings of English Nonconformity (1953); J. Stacey, John Wyclif and Reform (1964); J. C. Carrick, Wycliffe and the Lollards (1977); L. B. Hall, The Perilous Vision of John Wyclif (1983).

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John Wyclif: Scriptural Logic, Real Presence, and the Parameters of Orthodoxy » Read Now
by Ian Christopher Levy. 341 pgs.

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...studies in theology; no. 36 Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87462-688-9 pbk. : alk. paper 1. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384. 2. Lord's Supper Real presence...
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The Political Theory of John Wyclif » Read Now
by L. J. Daly. 172 pgs.

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...1958 will be found very helpful. Wycliffe," with John of Gaunt as his overlord. Presumably...18 H. S. Cronin, "John Wycliffe, the Reformer, and Canterbury...19 J. H...
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On Universals: Tractatus de Universalibus » Read Now
by John Wyclif, Anthony Kenny. 184 pgs.

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...Earlier treatments, for example in G. Lechler , John Wycliffe and His English Precursors , Peter Lorimer , tr...Dissertation Abstracts Order No. 8220415 . Lechler, G....
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Tractatus de Universalibus » Read Now
by John Wyclif, Ivan J. Mueller. 410 pgs.

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...Oxford, 172-6 , K. B. McFarlane John Wycliffe and the Beginning of the English...27 M. E. H. Lloyd, "John Wyclif and the Prebend of Lincoln...28 J. A. Twemlow, "Wycliffes...
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The Three Religious Leaders of Oxford and Their Movements: John Wycliffe, John Wesley, John Henry Newman (1916) » Read Now
by S. Parkes Cadman. 596 pgs.

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...OF OXFORD AND THEIR MOVEMENTS JOHN WYCLIFFE JOHN WESLEY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN...OXFORD AND THEIR MOVEMENTS JOHN WYCLIFFE JOHN WESLEY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN...service. CONTENTS BOOK...
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Reason and Religion: Essays in Philosophical Theology (Chap. 9 "Realism and Determinism in the Early Wyclif") » Read Now
by Anthony Kenny. 184 pgs.

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...7 Grace and Freedom in St John Chrysostom 1958 103...Realism and Determinism in the Early Wyclif 1985 135 PART...explored a century after Aquinas by John Wyclif, who...
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Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe: Documents in Translation (Part X "The Age of Wyclif and Hus") » Read Now
by Edward Peters. 312 pgs.

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...265 56 John Wyclif: On Indulgences...The Condemnation of Wyclifism 274...277 61 John Hus: On Simony...southern France, Wyclif, the Lollards, and the case of John Hus are...
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A History of the Church in England (Chap. IX "The Age of Wyclif (1307-1400)") » Read Now
by John R. H. Moorman. 460 pgs.

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...for their criticisms and suggestions. JOHN R. H. MOORMAN Chichester, 1952. CONTENTS...114 IX. THE AGE OF WYCLIF 1307-1400 115...in the liberal arts and in Roman Law. John...
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History of Political Philosophy from Plato to Burke (1936) ("Wyclif: Theological Radicalism with Social Implications" begins on p. 246) » Read Now
by Thomas I. Cook. 734 pgs.

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...Church 208 John Of Salislbury: Medieval Sociology...Temporal 242 Wyclif: Theological Radicalism with...vinism 339 John Knox and the Doctrine of Resistance...The Political...
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The English Church in the Fourteenth Century » Read Now
by W. A. Pantin. 292 pgs.

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...Reg. Register of John Grandisson, Bishop of...Friars in the time of Wyclif Oxford, 1940...distinguished academic person; Wyclif, for instance, who held...one. As we shall...
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Wyclif and the Oxford Schools: The Relation of the "Summa de Ente" to Scholastic Debates at Oxford in the Later Fourteenth Century » Read Now
by J. A. Robson. 268 pgs.

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...ABBREVIATIONS Lechler John Wycliffe and his English precursors London...are to the second English edn, John Wycliffe and his English Precursors , trans...appear in K. B...
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Imagining Peace: A History of Early English Pacifist Ideas, 1340-1560 » Read Now
by Ben Lowe. 362 pgs.

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...orthodox such as Thomas Brinton and John Wyclif, "popular" poems, economic treatises...observers like John Gower and John Wyclif, who were in the thick of the...
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English Wycliffite Sermons, Vol. IV » Read Now
by Pamela Gradon, Anne Hudson. 338 pgs.

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Volumes IV and V complete the edition of the long English Wycliffite sermon cycle. These volumes are indispensable to the study of Volumes I to III: they review of evidence concerning its date, authorship, background and audience; survey the polemical issues; and comment on the text with thorough indices of sermons and biblical references.
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English Wycliffite Sermons, Vol. V » Read Now
by Pamela Gradon, Anne Hudson. 452 pgs.

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Volumes IV and V complete the edition of the long English Wycliffite sermon cycle. These volumes are indispensable to the study of Volumes I to III: they review of evidence concerning its date, authorship, background and audience; survey the polemical issues; and comment on the text with thorough indices of sermons and biblical references.
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Gender and Heresy: Women and Men in Lollard Communities, 1420-1530 » Read Now
by Shannon McSheffrey. 258 pgs.

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Shannon McSheffrey studies the communities of the late medieval English heretics, the Lollards, and presents unexpected conclusions about the precise ways in which gender shaped participation within the movement. While much recent scholarship has contended that heresies offered medieval women...
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Shannon McSheffrey studies the communities of the late medieval English heretics, the Lollards, and presents unexpected conclusions about the precise ways in which gender shaped participation within the movement. While much recent scholarship has contended that heresies offered medieval women opportunities for religious and social expression that they could not find in orthodoxy, Gender and Heresy demonstrates that the Lollard movement provided no such outlet. Within Lollardy, challenges to orthodoxy did not lead to questioning of dominant medieval gender categories. McSheffrey examines the archival and printed sources for the later Lollard communities to analyze the activities, relationships, and beliefs of the individuals who made up these groups. Her study emphasizes how complex interactions between socioeconomic status, gender identities, and religious culture shaped participation in religious movements.
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Economic Causes of the Reformation in England (Chap. III "Motives and Movements toward the Disendowment of the English Clergy") » Read Now
by Oscar Albert Marti. 258 pgs.

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...surrender of King John, England was looked...back as far as Wyclif and Grosseteste...and later still John Wyclif was also found engaged...provision, and John of Camecave...