. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. In the year 1384 he was suddenlyseized with mortal sickness, whilst performing massin his church at Lutterworth. Many years afterVYickliffes death his bones were disinterred andburnt by his enemies. Wickliffes most importantwork was a translation of the Bible into English,which the authority of John of Gaunt prevented thebishops from suppressing. His doctrine was carriedinto Bohemia by one of his disciples, a nobleman, whohad come t
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. In the year 1384 he was suddenlyseized with mortal sickness, whilst performing massin his church at Lutterworth. Many years afterVYickliffes death his bones were disinterred andburnt by his enemies. Wickliffes most importantwork was a translation of the Bible into English,which the authority of John of Gaunt prevented thebishops from suppressing. His doctrine was carriedinto Bohemia by one of his disciples, a nobleman, whohad come to England in the suite of Richard XLsfirst wife, Anne of Bohemia. The followers of Wick-liffe were called Lollards : a name derived from theold Flemish verb lollen or lullen^^ (to sing softly,)and given originally to a brotherhood established atAntwerp, for the purpose of visiting the sick andburying the dead. It seems subsequently to havebeen a common term of reproach for all who resistedthe authority of Rome. One of these early reformers,Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, suffered death forhis religious opinions in 1417. • Hence the English word
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