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John Wycliffe
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“I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) first seen 1381 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to the Duke of Lancaster (1381), as quoted in Champions of the Right (1885) by Edward Gilliat, p. 135
“This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) first seen 1384 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: General Prologue to the Bible translation of 1384, as paraphrased in Lincoln at Gettysburg : An Address (1906) by Clark Ezra Carr, p. 75;
“Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) said by 1385 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 15
“There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how, when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the reason being to show the indifferency of all forms of words.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) said by 1385 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Latin statement in De Quattuor Sectis Novellis, as translated in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 16
“I acknowledge that the sacrament of the altar is very God's body in form of bread, but it is in another manner God's body than it is in heaven.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) said by 1385 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Wyclif, by Anthony Kenny, p. 90. (1985) published by Oxford University Press.
“Already a third and more of England is in the hands of the Pope. There cannot be two temporal sovereigns in one country; either Edward is King or Urban is king. We make our choice. We accept Edward of England and refute Urban of Rome.”
John Wycliffe (1320–1385) said by 1385 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in William Tyndale: If God Spare My Life — Martyrdom, Betrayal and the English Bible (2003) by Brian Moynahan, p. xvii