John Wycliffe

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John Wycliffe was a 14th-century English theologian and early church reformer known for criticizing ecclesiastical corruption and promoting vernacular Bible translation, laying groundwork for later Protestant movements.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
John Wycliffe canonical 16
John Wickliffe 1
John Wiclif 1

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translator ⓘ
Catholic priest ⓘ
Christian reformer ⓘ
English person ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alternativeName John Wiclef ⓘ
John Wiclif ⓘ
linked to: John Wycliffe

John Wyclif ⓘ
linked to: John Wycliffe
birthCountry Kingdom of England ⓘ
birthPlace Hipswell ⓘ
North Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
birthYear c. 1320s ⓘ
burialPlace Lutterworth ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathCountry Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 31 December 1384 ⓘ
deathPlace Leicestershire ⓘ
Lutterworth ⓘ
doctrine critique of papal authority ⓘ
emphasis on poverty and simplicity in the clergy ⓘ
rejection of transubstantiation ⓘ
supremacy of Scripture over church tradition ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oxford ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
fieldOfWork biblical translation ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
inferredFrom 14th-century English theologian and early church reformer known for criticizing ecclesiastical corruption and promoting vernacular Bible translation ⓘ
influenced Jan Hus ⓘ
Lollards ⓘ
linked to: Lollardy

Protestant Reformers ⓘ
knownFor Wycliffe Bible translation ⓘ
advocating church reform ⓘ
criticizing ecclesiastical corruption ⓘ
influencing later Protestant Reformation ⓘ
promoting vernacular Bible translation ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
movement Lollardy ⓘ
name John Wycliffe ⓘ
notableWork Wycliffe Bible ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
priest ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
positionHeld Master of Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ
royal advisor on ecclesiastical matters ⓘ
posthumousEvent condemned by the Council of Constance ⓘ
remains exhumed and burned in 1428 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousTradition Western Christianity ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lollardy → inspiredBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Lollardy → foundedBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Wycliffe Bible Translators → namedAfter → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Jan Hus → influencedBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Sir John Oldcastle → influencedBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Jerome of Prague → influencedBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
John Wycliffe → name → John Wycliffe ⓘ
John Wycliffe → alternativeName → John Wyclif ⓘ
linked to: John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe → alternativeName → John Wiclif ⓘ
linked to: John Wycliffe
Lollard Bible → associatedWith → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Lollard knights → inspiredBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Wickliffe, Ohio → namedFor → John Wickliffe ⓘ
linked to: John Wycliffe
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford → namedAfter → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Lutterworth → associatedWith → John Wycliffe ⓘ
De Ecclesia → influencedBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Barrow-upon-Humber → hasNotablePerson → John Wycliffe (associated via St Peter’s Church) ⓘ
linked to: John Wycliffe
Jeronym Pražský → influencedBy → John Wycliffe ⓘ
John Wiclef → alternateNameOf → John Wycliffe ⓘ
Hipswell → hasNotablePerson → John Wycliffe ⓘ