John Wycliffe

For the Bible is the faith of the Church, and the more widely it becomes known the better it will be. Therefore since the laity should know the faith, it should be taught in whatever language is most easily understood." - John Wycliffe

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John Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif) was an important Christian leader who lived from 1324 to 1384. He "lived almost 200 years before the Reformation, but his beliefs and teachings closely match those of Luther, Calvin and other Reformers. As a man ahead of his time, historians have called Wycliffe the "Morning star of the Reformation." (Read more)

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• Wyclif's Bible

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• John Wycliffe's Bible
• The History of the English Bible, Part I: From Wycliffe to King James (The Period of Challenge)
• The Morningstar of the Reformation: John Wycliffe (PDF), by Christopher Lensch

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