John Wycliffe
English theologian and dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
- Lived
- 1320–1385
- Country
- England
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About John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe 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.
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