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Wickliffe

noun

English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384). Synonyms: John Wickliffe, John Wiclif, John Wyclif, John Wycliffe, Wiclif, Wyclif, Wycliffe.

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... country. After this was the Western schism, which divided the church for forty years,—two rival Popes claiming the mitre, and thundering out their anathemas against each other. These events greatly weakened the Papacy. About this time appeared Wickliffe and Huss, and Jerome of Prague; and still later, in 1517, Martin Luther, in opposition to the Papal pretensions, published his Thesis against Indulgences, 1260 years from the time of ...

— A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse • Sylvester Bliss

... Severn at the old Passage, or Aust, where it is two miles wide, we took carriage to Bristol. This parish of Aust gave a church living to the immortal Wickliffe, who received the appointment from ...

— Young Americans Abroad - Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, - Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland • Various

... JOHN WICKLIFFE.—In this reign the English showed a strong disposition to curtail the power of the popes in England. When Pope Urban V., in 1366, called for the payment of the arrears of King John's tribute, Parliament refused to grant it, on the ground that no one had the right to subject the ...

— Outline of Universal History • George Park Fisher

Words linked to "Wickliffe" : theologizer, theologist, theologiser, theologian