Wycliffe and the Lollards

The formidable intellectual challenge to the English church by Wyclif and the pastoral work of his followers challenged the hitherto unquestioned acceptance of clerical authority and opened the door to individual judgement and conscience in religious matters.

Portrait of John Wycliffe, Thomas Kirkby (1775–c.1848).

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