John Wyclif

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John Wyclif [ˈwɪklɪf], auch Wicklyf, Wicliffe, Wiclif, Wiclef, Wycliff, Wycliffe, genannt Doctor evangelicus (* spätestens 1330 in Hipswell, Yorkshire; † 31. Dezember 1384 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire), war ein englischer Philosoph, Theologe und Kirchenreformer.

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This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People.

— General Prologue to the Bible translation of 1384, as paraphrased in Lincoln at Gettysburg : An Address (1906) by Clark Ezra Carr, p. 75;

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I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.

— Statement to the Duke of Lancaster (1381), as quoted in Champions of the Right (1885) by Edward Gilliat, p. 135

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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.

— As quoted in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 15

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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.

— As quoted in Wyclif, by Anthony Kenny, p. 90. (1985) published by Oxford University Press.

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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.

— Quoted in William Tyndale: If God Spare My Life — Martyrdom, Betrayal and the English Bible (2003) by Brian Moynahan, p. xvii

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