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  John Wycliffe
Wycliffe was still regarded by the Roman Catholic Church as trustworthy; his opposition to the ruling conduct of the Church may have escaped notice.
Wycliffe aimed to do away with the existing hierarchy and replace it with the "poor priests" who lived in poverty, were bound by no vows, had received no formal consecration, and preached the Gospel to the people.
Wycliffe's first encounter with the official Church of his time was prompted by his zeal in the interests of the State, his first tracts and greater works of ecclesiastical-political content defended the privileges of the State, and from these sources developed a strife out of which the next phases could hardly be determined.
www.greatsite.com /timeline-english-bible-history/john-wycliffe.html   (5580 words)

  
  John Wycliffe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wycliffe was born at Ipreswell (modern Hipswell), Yorkshire, England, between 1320 and 1330 and died at Lutterworth (near Leicester) in 1384.
Wycliffe's doctrine of atoms connects itself, therefore, with the doctrine of the composition of time from real moments, but is distinguished by the denial of interspaces as assumed in other systems.
Wycliffe's fundamental principle of the preexistence in thought of all reality involves the most serious obstacle to freedom of the will; the philosopher could assist himself only by the formula that the free will of man was something predetermined of God.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wyclif   (7282 words)

  
 Wycliffe Bible Translators - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wycliffe Bible Translators is an international, interdemoninational or parachurch organisation dedicated to translating the Bible into every living language in the World.
Wycliffe was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend.
Wycliffe Bible Translators was the first of a group of associated organizations involved in Bible translation and missionary work.
www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Wycliffe_Bible_Translators   (249 words)

  
 Wycliffe
Wycliffe spent much of his life in Oxford: he gained his BA in 1356, his BD in 1369, and his DD in 1372 -- although his studies were interrupted for two years by official business.
In 1361 Wycliffe became rector in the church of Fillingham, in Lincolnshire, which meant technically that he was its pastor, but which meant in fact (as was the custom in those days) that he received the income from that parish while he could continue his studies and work in Oxford.
Wycliffe was the first in centuries to teach the absolute authority of the Scriptures, over against the Romish error of the authority of the church.
www.prca.org /books/portraits/wycliffe.htm   (3552 words)

  
 John Wycliffe
Wycliffe's affirmative judgment is contained in a state paper still extant; and its tone is plain proof enough of his confidence that his views on the main question of church and state had the support of the nation.
Wycliffe aimed at supplementing the services of the church by regular religious instruction in the vernacular; and his organization included a good number of men who held or had held respectable positions in their colleges at Oxford.
Wycliffe thus passed from an assailant of the papal to an assailant of the sacerdotal power; and in this way he was ultimately led to examine and to reject the distinctive symbol of that power, the doctrine of transubstantiation.
www.nndb.com /people/565/000094283   (4676 words)

  
 Wycliffe counting down days till Olympics - The Daily Texan - Sports
Wycliffe narrowly missed qualifying for the Canadian Olympic team in 2000 as a 17- year-old, by finishing 4th and 5th in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke respectively.
Wycliffe took off in high school, where she was a three-time winner of the Jim Smith Trophy for the best high school athlete outside of a school sport.
Wycliffe was one of the few freshmen to contribute to Texas' seventh place finish at the NCAA Championships when she swam a leg of the 400-yard medley relay that set a school-record time of 3:37.56.
www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2003/10/16/Sports/Wycliffe.Counting.Down.Days.Till.Olympics-530213.shtml   (661 words)

  
 Island of Freedom - John Wycliffe
In 1376 Wycliffe enunciated the doctrine of "dominion as founded in grace," according to which all authority is conferred directly by the grace of God and is consequently forfeited when the wielder of that authority is guilty of mortal sin.
Wycliffe did not state explicitly that he considered the English church to be sinful and worldly, but his implication was clear.
Wycliffe upheld the lawfulness of such a prohibition, and early in 1378 he was again called before Bishop Courtenay and the archbishop of Canterbury, Simon of Sudbury.
www.island-of-freedom.com /WYCLIFFE.HTM   (759 words)

  
 Wycliffe, John
Despite the fact that Wycliffe was condemned at this trial, god's mighty hand had been displayed, and Wycliffe was not harmed for the rest of his life.
What really separated Wycliffe and the Lollards from the general population of the time was their faithfulness to the Bible, and their belief that it was the absolute truth.
Wycliffe lived many years before the period we now know as the Reformation began with men such as Martin Luther or John Calvin.
www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b2wycliffejohn.htm   (1447 words)

  
 EPC of Australia - John Wycliffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wycliffe began his attack on the Roman Church by exposing the wicked practises of the "begging friars".
Wycliffe only lived another two years but without his work commitments at Oxford, and with the assistance of others, he was able to complete the translation of the Bible into English.
Wycliffe was a man of great faith and it was in his last years that this faith shone the brightest.
www.epc.org.au /literature/bb/wycliffe.html   (4136 words)

  
 John Wycliffe Theological College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
After the body of John Wycliffe (1329-1384) rested for nearly 50 years in the grave, the Bishop of Lincoln ordered that his remains be exhumed and unceremoniously burned by in 1429.
Wycliffe's affection for the truth demanded that he expose the indolent monks and worldly priests who were instrumental in debasing the church of his day.
Even more noteworthy is the fact that Wycliffe proceeded beyond the exposure of clerical corruption to shake the very foundations of the church by boldly repudiating transubstantiation, the doctrine of the mass that held the whole Romish sacramental system together.
www.wycliffe.edu /legacy.html   (749 words)

  
 Wycliffe
Wycliffe always used his time profitably, especially be exposing and condemning the sins and the vices of the friars and the monks.
Wycliffe’s attitude towards this decree was the same as that which he had towards all the other monstrous impositions of Romanism: he despised it and ignored it.
Wycliffe was a biblical theologian: he taught the supreme and infallible authority of the Holy Scripture; salvation by divine grace through faith in the Lord Jesus; the church consists of the elect and the holy; spiritual worship is alone acceptable to God; the body of Christ is spiritually received in the Lord’s Supper.
www.tecmalta.org /tft343.htm   (1423 words)

  
 Glimpses bulletin #13: English reformer, John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe, heralded as the "Morning star of the Reformation" was the leading philosopher of the 14th century and an English priest.
Wycliffe, a devoted student of the Bible, saw that some of the doctrines of the church had departed from biblical moorings.
Wycliffe was condemned by the church and died of a stroke on New Year's Eve in 1384.
chi.gospelcom.net /GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps013.shtml   (1122 words)

  
 John Wycliffe - Sure Word Ministries
Wycliffe grew to be a very intelligent man, one who possessed determination, knowledge, strong faith, stability and much wisdom.
Wycliffe was very bold in his attacks against the Catholic Church.
Though Wycliffe was not able to see the fruits of his labor while he lived, today we can look back and see how God used this man in a mighty way to be a blessing to the world.
sureword.faithweb.com /johnwycliffe.html   (737 words)

  
 Wycliffe Gordon Home Page
On August 17, 2007 the City of Augusta declared it Wycliffe Gordon Day by proclamation authorized by Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver.
Wycliffe Gordon Recognized with the ASCAP Foundation Vanguard Award
On Friday, June 1, 2007 emergent and critically acclaimed trombonist /composer Wycliffe Gordon was presented with
www.wycliffegordon.com   (105 words)

  
 Dr. Gene Scott Bible Collection Tour, Station 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John of Wycliffe, of noble birth, was born before 1324; even as a student at Oxford, in 1356, he "published" a tract, "The Last Age of the Church," which looked at the sad state of Europe, morally and ecclesiastically, and found a counterpoint to its depravity in the love and intercession of the Redeemer.
Wycliffe entered the priesthood; by 1360, at Oxford, he was outspokenly opposed to the Mendicant Friars, once itinerant clerics, but by then reveled in wealth and power as the direct agents of the Pope.
Wycliffe was the right man at the right time, for the English language was no longer exclusively for use by peasants, but was spoken at court as well.
www.drgenescott.com /stn10.htm   (787 words)

  
 Biography John Wycliffe
Wycliffe, the most eminent Oxford theologian of his day, and his associates, were the first to translate the entire Bible from Latin into English.
Wycliffe believed that the way to prevail in his struggle with the church’s abusive authority was to make the Bible available to the people in their own language.
After Wycliffe finished the translation work, he organized a group of poor parishioners, known as Lollards, to go throughout England preaching Christian truths and reading the Scriptures in their mother tongue to all who would hear God’s word.
www.tlogical.net /biowycliffe.htm   (393 words)

  
 EIPS - Wycliffe - The Morning Star
Wycliffe was the promise of the greater light which was soon to burst over the land.
Wycliffe was of course greatly disturbed in his mind when he made this discovery, for with this joy of sins forgiven for Jesus' sake and solely on he ground of the Saviour's finished work on the Cross of Calvary came the knowledge of the deception of the people by the counterfeit priests.
Thus GOD saved Wycliffe that day from the hand of his enemies and preserved him for a major part in "His eternal purpose" which was even then in process of fulfilment.
www.ianpaisley.org /article.asp?child_wycliffe.htm   (1348 words)

  
 Wycliffe Classic TV Show
Wycliffe keeps the Cornish coastline crime free as he tackles arsonists, kidnappers and the odd psycho.
In response to other comments, Wycliffe was filmed all over Cornwall, sometimes in Truro, when they were supposedly elsewhere in the county, but then again, the production office in Malpas Road was nearby.
I watched "On offer" earlier this year where Wycliffe was recuperating in hospital without having had the opportunity to see "Dance of the Scorpions" which explained how he came to be there.
www.classictelly.com /programme.php?Programme=Wycliffe   (1524 words)

  
 John Wycliffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Four years later Wycliffe attacked the Roman doctrine of transubstantiation and in the ensuing troubles he retired from public life.
Wycliffe translated the Bible into the first English translation thus making it available to ordinary people.
Wycliffe had a group of followers who acted as unauthorized preachers.
www.christianheroes.com /re/re001.asp   (211 words)

  
 Wycliffe in Overdrive - Christianity Today Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wycliffe translator John Nystrom asked us a few years ago to start praying for a few languages on the north coast of Papua New Guinea.
More about Wycliffe's work, including a daily prayer request, is available from their website.
Wycliffe missionaries Gene and Marie Scott gave nearly 40 years of their lives translating the New Testament for a small tribe in the jungles of Peru.
www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2005/002/28.74.html   (1566 words)

  
 WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS AND ROME
Wycliffe Bible Translators has associated with the Roman Catholic Church for many decades, training Catholic priests in their schools, flying Catholic priests in their airplanes, etc.
This is an admission that reveals the extent to which Wycliffe has gone to serve the perversion of the gospel of the grace of Christ by Catholicism.
Not only must Wycliffe bear some responsibility in the loss of much of God's work to Catholicism, all those who support Wycliffe must also bear some responsibility in the leading of people into a false hope of salvation by good works.
www.wayoflife.org /fbns/wycliffe-rome.html   (1198 words)

  
 Wycliffe The Beginning
She was bred to Wycliffe Thomas (see below), but the litter developed rickets and two of the pups were crippled to the extent that they could not be sold even as pets.
Liza Jane descends from the 1980 cross of Wycliffe Imp Ishbel of Anlon, a daughter of Fitzherbert, to Jaylee Louisiana Gambler, a grandson of Wycliffe Hadrian, who was bred to the brown bitch, Molly Brown's Creme de Cacao (see pedigree).
Though Wycliffe was a Canadian kennel, she bred 144 AKC Standard champions (second only to Bel Tor's 145) and many others including Canadian, Australian, English and Scandinavian champions.
www.canine-genetics.com /wycliffebeginning.htm   (3501 words)

  
 Wycliffe and SIL Involved in Psychoheresy
Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International have for many years had a high reputation for their commitment to the Scriptures and their commitment to translating Scriptures into various languages throughout the world.
Wycliffe missionaries would spend years learning the language, transcribing it into written form and teaching the people to read if necessary, translating Scripture, and thus providing the Bible in written form so that people could read the Word of God in their own language.
Wycliffe and SIL are known for Bible translation.
www.psychoheresy-aware.org /wysil105.html   (824 words)

  
 wycliffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John Wycliff studied at Oxford and became the first person to begin a systematic translation of the Bible into English.
The beginning of the Great Schism in 1378 gave Wycliffe fresh opportunities to attack the papacy, and in a treatise of 1379 on the Eucharist he openly denied the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Although he and his followers, the Lollards, had some support in the 14th century, Wycliff was denounced by Pope Gregory XI.
www.d.umn.edu /~aroos/wycliffe.html   (411 words)

  
 Wycliffe, John
The date of his birth unknown, John Wycliffe was born at Wycliffe in Yorkshire, educated and worked at Oxford, and died while at Mass on December 31, 1384.
It was at Oxford that Wycliffe first raised his contentions, criticizing not only the Church’s stance on the vernacular, but other theological issues such as a rejection of clerical abuses, ecclesiastical authority, and transubstantiation.
C.H.E.L. This persecution can be understood in light of the fact that Wycliffe and his followers emerged during a period of intense debate over the issue of vernacular theology.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~cpercy/courses/6361russell.htm   (904 words)

  
 Wycliffe, Queen Anne of Bohemia and the Tyndales of Hockwold, Norfolk
The link between John Wycliffe (c.1320-84) and the country of Bohemia was created by the strong religious influence of Wycliffe upon the Bohemian reformer John Huss (1369-1415), and thus upon the people of that land.
John Wycliffe was born nearly one hundred and seventy years before William Tyndale, and two hundred years before the nailing by Martin Luther of his ninety-five theses on indulgences to the door of the castle church at Wittenburg.
Warming to his task Wycliffe asserted that everyone had a right to read the Bible for themselves, arguing that the Bible, as the eternal 'exemplar' of the Christian religion, was the only criterion of doctrine, to which no church authority could lawfully add.
www.tyndale.org /TSJ/11/ttyndale.html   (2951 words)

  
 Wycliffe, John --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Wycliffe also spelled Wycliff, Wyclif, Wicliffe, or Wiclif English theologian, philosopher, church reformer, and promoter of the first complete translation of the Bible into English.
England had been virtually free from heresy until John Wycliffe, a priest and an Oxford scholar, began his career as a religious reformer with two treatises in 1375–76.
The “morning star of the Reformation” was John Wycliffe, English priest and reformer of the late Middle Ages.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077632?tocId=9077632   (809 words)

  
 Wycliffe Associates | 1-800-THE-WORD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wycliffe Hungary is hosting its eighth annual Wycliffe Mission Camp, July 19-26.
Similar to WOW (Window on Wycliffe), the event is for those who want to learn more about overseas mission work in general and about the work of Wycliffe in particular.
Organizers are expecting 16 young adult Hungarian participants and a staff of seven people who have served with Wycliffe on the field--in Scotland, Finland, Austria and Hungary.
www.wycliffeassociates.org /PRAYER/archivedetail.asp?id=314   (69 words)

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