
theologian
Teólogo inglês e dissidente na Igreja Católica Romana
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Join the roomJohn Wycliffe foi um filósofo escolástico inglês, reformador cristão, padre católico e professor de teologia na Universidade de Oxford. Wycliffe é tradicionalmente acreditado por ter defendido ou feito uma tradução vernácula da Bíblia Vulgata para o inglês médio, embora estudos mais recentes tenham minimizado a extensão de sua defesa ou envolvimento por falta de evidências contemporâneas diretas.
“I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.”
“This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
“Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.”
“There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how, when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the reason being to show the indifferency of all forms of words.”
“I acknowledge that the sacrament of the altar is very God's body in form of bread, but it is in another manner God's body than it is in heaven.”
“Already a third and more of England is in the hands of the Pope. There cannot be two temporal sovereigns in one country; either Edward is King or Urban is king. We make our choice. We accept Edward of England and refute Urban of Rome.”
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