John Wycliffe quotes

John Wycliffe was an English theologian, philosopher, and early church reformer. Known for translating the Bible into English, he challenged the authority and practices of the medieval Church. He is remembered as a precursor to the Protestant Reformation. Here are 17 of his quotes:

I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. (John Wycliffe)
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. View quote
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This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His righteousness. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for salvation. There must be atonement made for sin according to the righteousness of God. The person to make this atonement must be God and man. View quote
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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. We make our choice. We accept Edward of England and refute Urban of Rome. View quote
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The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations. View quote
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The laity ought to understand the faith, and since the doctrines of our faith are in the Scriptures, believers should have the Scriptures in a language familiar to the people, and to this end the Holy Ghost endued them with knowledge of all tongues. View quote
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Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles. View quote
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Visit those who are sick, or who are in trouble, especially those whom God has made needy by age, or by other sickness, as the feeble, the blind, and the lame who are in poverty. These you shall relieve with your goods after your power and after their need, for thus biddeth the Gospel. (John Wycliffe)
It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God. View quote
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The highest service that men may attain to on earth is to preach the word of God. This service falls peculiarly to priests, and therefore, God more directly demands it of them. View quote
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No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion. View quote
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Private confession... was not ordered by Christ and was not used by the apostles. View quote
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It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ. View quote
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We all are originally sinners as Adam and in Adam, his leprosy cleaving faster to us than Naaman's did to Gahazai, so that even the infant, before it has seen the light of the world, has this blemish inherent in its unborn members. View quote
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