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WYCLIFISM

A heretical movement founded by John Wyclif (1328-84), parish priest of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, in England. His doctrines were disseminated by the "poor priests" who taught the people that authority to rule depends on moral virtue, the Bible alone contanis divine revelation, preaching is more important than the Mass and the sacraments, and the Pope has no primacy of jurisdiction. Condemned posthumously by the Council of Constance, Wyclifism persisted until the Reformation. Also known as Lollardism, it had its main impact in Bohemia, where John Hus used Wyclif's idea as a basis of religious belief and made deep inroads in the Catholic Church in Germany as a prelude to Protestantism.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

1 posted on 05/31/2011 9:03:57 AM PDT by Salvation
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Your heresy of the day!


2 posted on 05/31/2011 9:04:27 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
Perhaps your CWOD would be more widely enjoyed if you selected terms and topics that edified the whole of the Body of Christ...

-- Instead of those that invite controversy, and amplify schism...

Free suggestion only...

No flames...

5 posted on 05/31/2011 9:45:46 AM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: Salvation
The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards

Fun reading.

15 posted on 05/31/2011 6:23:00 PM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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