WYCLIFFE FOLLOWERS
What was the name of the group that followed Wycliffe's teachings?
Lollards
Who was a reformer of the church before the Reformation?
John Wycliffe
Murkier means?
gloomy or dark
Derogatory means?
showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.
When did John Wycliffe die?
1384 AD
What did the Lollards become synonymous with?
Heretics
What did Wycliffe speak out against?
The wickedness in the church and their doctrine on rooted in Scripture.
Depravity means?
moral corruption or wickedness
What is a heretic?
Someone who has ideas that are different from what the religion or law teaches.
What happened that caused Wycliffe's death?
He had a stroke.
Why did some of the Lollards go to prison?
Because they were found guilt of being heretics.
What was Wycliffe's nickname?
The Morning Star of the Reformation
Doctrines means?
a set of beliefs taught by a church.
Anticlerical means?
A person who opposes the political interference of the Roman Catholic Church in everyday affairs.
What did the Council of Constance find John Wycliffe guilty of 31 years after his death?
Heresy (a Heretic)
The first recognized critics of the established church since the fifth century were the Lollards. True or False
True
What was the name of the book that Wycliffe wrote before he translated the English Bible?
The Truth of Scripture
What was the Reformation?
It was a split in the Catholic Church where a new type of Christianity called Protestantism was born.
Institutionalized means?
established as part of an official organization.
What did Pope Martin V order concerning John Wycliffe?
That his body be dug up and burned.
The Lollards believed the Roman Catholic Church was corrupt and looked to Scripture as the basis for their religion. True or False
True
When did Wycliffe finish translating the Bible into English?
1382 AD
Pestilent
destructive to life; deadly
Excommunicated means?
to make no longer a member of a church; punish by putting out of a church.
Where were Wycliffe's ashes scattered?
The River Swift