1384: Death
Wycliffe died of natural causes at the age of 64. After his death, Wycliffe was declared a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church in 1415,…
Read moreAntoine Court was a French reformer called the “Restorer of Protestantism” in France.
Wycliffe died of natural causes at the age of 64. After his death, Wycliffe was declared a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church in 1415,…
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Laymen began preaching Wycliffe's ideas in English. They were derided as mumblers ('Lollards') by opponents.
At Oxford, Wycliffe published 12 Theses for debate, criticising the Roman Catholic teaching of transubstantiation. The first thesis included: "The consecrated host which we see…