Wiclif

Wiclif insisted that his doctrine was a philosophical and theological theory, not a political concept, but extremists ignored this point.

1347-55 2001

A precursor of the Reformation, Wiclif advocated a propertyless Church, emphasizing its purely spiritual function; attacked the clergy; and insisted on the direct access of the individual to God (e.g., reduction of the importance of the sacraments, notably auricular confession) and the right of individual judgment.

1347-55 2001

The insubordination of outraged reformers, like the Bohemian preachers and Wiclif, soon penetrated to the masses.

e. The Papacy and Italy 2001

[4165] [Contrast this spirit of a primitive Father, with the state of things which Wiclif rose up to purify, five hundred years ago.] [4166] Num. xvi.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

Wiclif, who had alienated his upper-class supporters by a denial of transubstantiation, was discredited by the Peasants 'Revolt and condemned by the Church; he withdrew to Lutterworth (1382–84), where he continued to foster Lollardy until he died (1384).

1377-89 2001

The influence of Wiclif, Oxford, Cambridge, the court, and, above all, Chaucer fixed Midland English as the language of the English people.

1347-55 2001

JOHN HUS (1369–1415), a professor at the University of Prague and a popular preacher in the vernacular, was perhaps influenced by the teaching of Wiclif and the Lollards in England.

1. Bohemia 2001

What Chaucer hints, or places in the mouths of his characters, with apparently no very serious intent, Wiclif, himself a secular priest, proclaimed boldly and as of prime importance, first from his professor's chair at Oxford, and then from his forced retirement at Lutterworth, where he may well have been the model of Chaucer's poor parson.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

Wiclif was born in 1324, four years before Chaucer.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

The same abuses which called forth the satires of Langland and Chaucer upon monk and friar, and which, if unchecked, promised universal corruption, aroused the martyr-zeal of Wiclif; and similar reproofs are to be found in his work entitled "Objections to Friars," and in numerous treatises from his pen against many of the doctrines and practices of the Church.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee