Life and setting
Wycliffe criticized clerical wealth and aspects of papal authority and became associated with the first complete English Bible tradition, translated from the Latin Vulgate by his followers.
Late Medieval • Pre-Reformation English Christianity
John Wycliffe
c. 1328 – 1384 • Theologian, reform critic and Bible advocate
Why this person matters
His movement anticipated several later Reformation themes and helped make vernacular Scripture a major English religious issue.
What should not be sanitized
The exact division of labor in the Wycliffite Bible translation is debated, and several positions associated with Wycliffe were condemned after his death.