People such as Jan Hus, Peter Waldo, and John Wycliffe did make attempts at reforming the Catholic Church but the movement really gained momentum when Martin Luther wrote and made public "The Ninety-Five Theses".
John Wycliffe
Wycliffe was an early advocate for translation of the Bible into the common language. He completed his translation directly from the Vulgate into vernacular English in the year 1382, now known as Wycliffe's Bible. This helped set the stage for the Protestant Reformation.
John of Gaunt sponsored John Wycliffe.
John Wycliffe wrote the Wycliffe Bible.
John Wycliffe translated the bible into the English language. 16.06.2010
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe was known as the "Morning Star of Reformation."
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John Wycliffe
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John Wycliffe
Wycliffe was an early advocate for translation of the Bible into the common language. He completed his translation directly from the Vulgate into vernacular English in the year 1382, now known as Wycliffe's Bible. This helped set the stage for the Protestant Reformation.
John Wycliffe was the theologian who was the first to translate The Bible into his native English. John Wycliffe was an English Scholastic philosopher, theologian, lay preacher, translator, reformer and university teacher at Oxford in England.
Wycliffe was known as the Morning star of the Reformation because he founded a movement which preceded the Reformation. His Bible translations into the common language were also considered instrumental in bringing the 'light of the gospel' to the common people.
It did - the Catholic Church responded to the Reformation with the Counter-Reformation. Jan Hus and John Wycliffe, who were early supporters of reform, were burned as heretics (Wycliffe posthumously). The reformation involved many wars, such as the Hussite Wars and the German Peasants' Revolt. Martin Luther, one of the leaders of the Reformation, was excommunicated by the Pope. The Reformation was not an instant, easy movement - it met with quite a lot of resistance.
The first English translation of The Bible was done by John Wycliffe around 1380 AD.