Wiclif


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Wick·liffe

or Wic·lif  (wĭk′lĭf), John
See John Wycliffe.

Wyc·liffe

also Wick·liffe or Wyc·lif or Wic·lif  (wĭk′lĭf), John 1328?-1384.
English theologian and religious reformer. His rejection of the biblical basis of papal power and dispute with the doctrine of the transubstantiation of the host anticipated the Protestant Reformation.
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Noun1.Wiclif - English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)Wiclif - English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
John Wickliffe, John Wiclif, John Wyclif, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, Wyclif, Wycliffe
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'The Vision Concerning Piers the Plowman.' Wiclif and the Lollard Bible, about 1380.
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On or near Wiclif Way - four (two under investigation, one unable to prosecute and one awaiting court outcome)
Nuneaton and Bedworth crime map: Shoplifting thefts; Police say 20 incidents happened in one street alone in a single month
There will be multi-way traffic lights on Church Road at its junction Wiclif Way, from Monday, August 5 until Friday, August 16.
Crossing plan for busy road in town
Sobre Wiclif vease Wesseling, K.-G., <<Wyclif>>, 245.
Sola Scriptura. Un principio de la reforma en reflexion ecumenica
Ambos proponen que el listado de versiones de la Biblia presentes en "El libro de arena" (1975) puede leerse como un reflejo de aquellas disponibles al escritor argentino: "En esta casa hay algunas Biblias inglesas, incluso la primera, la de John Wiclif. Tengo asimismo la de Cipriano de Valera, la de Lutero, que literariamente es la peor, y un ejemplar latino de la Vulgata.
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(29.) Albert Henry Newman, "Wiclif and the Mendicant Friars," McMaster Monthly 4 (November 1895): 66.
Albert Henry Newman: with a bibliography of writings that encompasses at least twenty-one pages, Albert Henry Newman (1852-1933) ranks as one of the most prolific and competent church historians Baptists have ever produced
(or John Wycliffe or Wiclif, died 1384) English theologian and reformer.
Wyclif, John
Work will soon start on a new puffin crossing on Church Road near Wiclif Way.
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