Posted on 12/31/2021 10:18:57 AM PST by Ozguy1945
For The West to survive and prosper, we must celebrate our heritage. It is a heritage of knowledge based freedom resisting tyranny for the sake of people.
John Wycliffes pioneering translation of the Bible brought the phrase "kicking against pricks" into the English language.
The original metaphor is of an oxen kicking the sharp prods of the driver of a wagon, thus making the suffering worse.
In 2021-22 I see in these words the need to oppose senseless tyranny.
I listen to Wyclef Jean.
Is it the same?
John Wycliffe 1340s-1400, survivor of the 1st Black Death plague, Cleric & Oxford Scholar, Translator, thorn of/to the Established Church, creator of the itinerant Lollards and, thus, a father to modern English. This episode has an excellent voice actor reading Wycliffe's and other versions of Genesis and the host/narrator Melvyn Bragg is excellent.
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