John Wycliffe
The Morning Star of the Reformation
The Morning Star of the Reformation
When Oxford was the greatest university in the world, Professor John Wycliffe (1320-1384) was its leading Theologian and Philosopher. Although he did not have access to a Greek New Testament, John Wycliffe translated the New Testament from Latin into English. Wycliffe taught that all authority is delegated by God and is limited. Corruption disqualifies leaders. Leaders are called to servant-leadership and sacrifice. Christ alone is the Head of the Church. God's Law is supreme. Scripture alone is our authority. He mobilised the Lollards, the field workers of the Reformation, as itinerant Evangelists, to proclaim the Word of God in the marketplaces and teach the Scriptures throughout England. Wycliffe and his Lollards helped prepare the way for the Reformation in England and Bohemia, where his writings inspired Jan Hus.
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And they that understand among the people shall instruct many:
yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame,
yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame,
by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Daniel 11:33