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John Wycliffe

Also known as John Wyclif, Wyclif, Johann Wiclif, Johannes von Wykliffe, Johann von Wyclif, Wicliffe, John Wyclyf, Johannes Wyclif

English theologian and early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church

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John Wycliffe was an English theologian in the late medieval period who challenged key teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. His ideas about Church authority and reform were influential early steps toward the Protestant movement that would reshape Christianity centuries later.

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Instance of: human
Given name: John
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Place of birth: Hipswell
Place of death: Lutterworth
Occupation: writer
Educated at: The Queen's College
Employer: University of Oxford
Languages spoken: Middle English
Religion: Proto-Protestantism
Field of work: theology
Image: Wycliffe by Kirby.jpg

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writing language: English language
date of birth: 1330-01-01
Commons category: John Wycliffe
date of death: 1384-12-31
Commons gallery: John Wycliffe
name in native language: John Wycliffe
P13311: Harold Pinter
Commons Creator page: John Wycliffe
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P12749: Hermann Lotze

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29 objects attributed to John Wycliffe, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Linz, AT-OOeLB, Hs.-292 (Articuli Magistri Johannis Wicleff condemnati Lundonis in Anglia per XIII episcopos et XXX magistros in Theologia in conventu Fratrum Predicatorum. Anno Dni. 1380, [et al.])

IO. WICLEFI VIRI VNDIQVAque pijs[sime] Dialogoru[m] libri q[ua]ttuor quoru[m] primus diuinitate[m] & Id[a]eas tractat, Secu[n]dus uniuersaru[m] creatione[m] co[m]plectitur. Tertius de uirtutib[us] uitijsq[ue] ipsis co[n]trarijs copiosissime loq[ue]tur. Quartus Ro[mae] ecclessi[a]e sacrame[n]ta, eius pestifer[m] dotatione[m], Antichristi regnu[m], fratru[m] fraudulenta[m] origine[m] atq[ue] eoru[m] hypocrisim, uariaq[ue] n[ost]ro aeuo scitu dignissima, graphice p[er]stringit, qu[a]e ut essent in ue[n]tu facilia, singuloru[m] libroru[m], tum caput, tum capitis summa[m] indice praenotauimus

Iohannis Wyclif Tractatus de apostasia

Wyclif's Latin works, 2,2

Wyclif's Latin works, 13,4

Wyclif's Latin works, 12

Wykliffe als Prediger

Io. VViclefi Viri Vndiqvaque pijs. dialogoru[m] libri q[ua]ttuor : quoru[m] primus diuinitate[m] & Id[a]eas tractat ...

An apology for Lollard doctrines, attributed to Wicliffe : now first printed from a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin

Wyclif's Latin works, 6

Apology for Lollard doctrines, attributed to Wicliffe; Now first printed from a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin ; With an introduction and notes, by James Henthorn Todd

The English works of Wyclif. hitherto unprinted. ed. by F. D. Matthew

De Christo et adversario suo Antichristo, ein polemischer Tractat Johann Wiclif's, ... zum ersten Mal hrsg. von Rudolf Buddensieg

Tractatus de ecclesia. now first edited from the manuscripts with critical and historial notes. by Johann Loserth ; (English side-notes by F. D. Matthew) ; Iohannis Wyclif

The last age of the church now first printed ... with notes by James Henthorn Todd

Trialogus, cum supplemento trialogi ; Illum recensuit, hoc primum edidit utrumque commentario critico instruxit Gotthardus Lechler

Io. VViclefi viri undiquaque piis, dialogorum libri quatuor. quorum primus divinitatem & Idęas tractat, Secundus universarum creationem complectitur. Tertius de virtutibus vitiisque ipsis contrariis copiosissime loquitur. Quartus Ro. ecclesię sacramenta ...

Ioannis Wiclefi Viri Vndiqvaqve Piissimi, Dialogorvm Libri Qvatvor : Qvorvm Primvs Divinitatem Et Ideas Tractat. Secvndvs Vniversarvm Rervm Creationem Complectitvr. Tertivs De Virtvtibvs Vitiisqve Ipsis Contrariis Copiosissime Loqvitvr. Qvartvs Romanae Ecclesiae Sacramenta, Eivs Pestiferam Dotationem, Antichristi Regnvm, Fratrvm Fravdvlentam Originem ... Graphice Perstringit. ... Avctvs Est Deniqve Liber, Catalogo Praecipvorvm De Wiclefio Nostro Scriptorvm, Qvem Vita Ex Optimis Fontibvs, Germanico Idiomate Depicta, Seqvitvr

Wyclif's Latin works, 11,3

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Wyclif's Latin works, 7

Wyclif's Latin works, 18,1

Wyclif's Latin works, 14

Wyclif's Latin works, 19

Wyclif's Latin works, 5

Io. VViclefi Viri Vndiqvaque pijs. dialogoru[m] libri q[ua]ttuor : quoru[m] primus diuinitate[m] & Id[a]eas tractat ...

The last age of the Church

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Encyclopedic overview

John Wycliffe (/ˈwɪklɪf/; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, Wicklyf etc.; c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford. Wycliffe is traditionally believed to have advocated for or made a vernacular translation of the Vulgate Bible into Middle English, though more recent scholarship has minimised the extent of his advocacy or involvement for lack of direct contemporary evidence.

He became an influential dissident within the Catholic priesthood during the 14th century and his ideas are often considered an important predecessor to Protestantism. His political-theological theory of dominion meant that the church was not allowed to own property or have ecclesiastic courts, and men in mortal sin were not entitled to exercise authority in the church or state, nor to own property. Wycliffe insisted on the radical poverty of all clergy.

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John Wycliffe

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