WYCLIFFE, JOHN


Meaning of WYCLIFFE, JOHN in English

(c 1330-1384) British pre-reformer; taught at Oxford University; translated Vulgate into English; criticized Roman Catholicism; 44 years after his death, his body was exhumed and burned. His followers are called Lollards .

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