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About John Wycliffe D113 (Early life, education, and career (John de…
About John Wycliffe D113
John Wycliffe (also Wyclif, Wycliff, or Wickliffe)
(c. 1320 -- December 31, 1384)
an English theologian and early proponent of reform in the Roman Catholic Church during the fourteenth century, was born in Yorkshire, England
He worked tirelessly on an English translation of the Bible in one complete edition and is considered an precursor of the Protestant Reformation
since his beliefs and teachings seemed to compare closely with Luther, Calvin, and other reformers, historians have called Wycliffe "The Morning Star of the Reformation."
Early life, education, and career
Wycliffe was born in the small village of Ipreswell in Yorkshire, England
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his family was of early Anglo-Saxon origin, long settled in Yorkshire
in his time, the family was a large one, covering considerable territory, principally centered around Wycliffe-on-Tees, of which Ipreswell was an outlying hamlet
it is not known when he first came to Oxford, with which he was closely connected until the end of his life
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Even his opponents acknowledged the keenness of his dialetic, and his writings prove that he was well grounded in Roman and English law, as well as in the history of England
John de Balliol whose seat was in the neighborhood of Wycliffe's home had founded Balliol Collage, Oxford to which Wycliffe belonged, first as scholar, then as master
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In 1361, he presented by the collage with the parish of Flyingham in Lincolnshire
For this he had to give up the leadership of Balliol, though he could continue to live at Oxford
As baccalaureate at the university, he busied himself with natural science and mathematics, and as master he had the right to read in philosophy
Obtaining a bachelor's degree in theology, Wycliffe pursued an avid interest in Biblical studies
His performance led Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury, to place him at the head of Canterbury Hall in 1365, where twelve young men were preparing for the priesthood
Islip had designed the foundation for secular clergy; but when he died in 1366, his success, Simon Langham, a man of monastic training, turned the leadership of the collage over to a monk
Between 1366 and 1372 he became a doctor of theology, making use of his right to lecture upon systematic divinity
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in 1368 he gave up his living at Fylingham and took over the rectory of Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire, not far from Oxford, which enabled him to retain his connection with the university
Six years later in 1374, he received the crown living of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, which he retained until his death