LOLLARDS


Meaning of LOLLARDS in English

a medieval Dissenting group were followers of John Wycliffe. Some were martyred, but many recanted when put on trial. They encouraged lay preachers; denied transubstantiation; encouraged use of Bible in English; pacifistic; condemned pilgrimages, auricular confession, and veneration of images; denied purgatory and priestly celibacy.

Theological and philosophical biography English dict.      Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии .