Wycliffe's Life
John Wycliffe was nicknamed
What is The Morning Star of the Reformation ?
Wycliffe's teachings were initially welcomed by the Catholic Church.
True or False
What is False?
(He was opposed for his heretical ideas)
Wycliffe’s ideas greatly influenced the Protestant Reformation.
What is True?
Wycliffe translated the Bible into __________.
What is English?
“The Bible alone is the authority for faith and practice.”
What is John Wycliffe's?
John Wycliffe studied and taught here
A) Harvard
B) Oxford
C) Cambridge
D) Yale
What is Oxford University?
Wycliffe’s ideas were condemned by the Catholic Church at the Council of __________.
What is Constance?
Of the reformers Wycliffe was:
A) The greatest
B) A cowardly man
C) One of the greatest
D) None of the above
What is C) One of the greatest?
Wycliffe’s Bible was supported by the Catholic Church as a valid translation of the Scriptures.
What is False?
(The Catholic Church condemned Wycliffe's Bible)
"I shall not die, but live: and again declare the evil deeds of the friars"
What is John Wycliffe?
Wycliffe is known for emphasizing the authority of the _____ over the ____ .
What is Bible and Pope?
This Pope was involved in condemning Wycliffe’s writings and heresies
A) Pope Edward III
B) Pope Urban VI
C) Pope Gregory XI
D) Pope Richard II
What is C) Pope Gregory XI?
Wycliffe’s work directly influenced this Bohemian reformer.
What is John Huss?
Wycliffe’s Bible translation was considered dangerous by the Catholic Church because:
A) It contained errors in translation
B) It allowed common people to read and interpret Scripture for themselves
C) It was the first Bible ever written
D) It promoted Catholic doctrine
What is B) It allowed common people to read and interpret Scripture for themselves?
"Thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding."
What is the psalmist?
(Psalms 119:130)
Wycliffe believed that the Church was the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice.
True or False
What is a False?
(He believed the Bible was the supreme authority)
Wycliffe's followers, known as the __________, were persecuted by the Church for spreading his ideas.
What is Lollards?
This was a key result of Wycliffe’s teachings on the authority of Scripture
A) The formation of the Church of England
B) The spread of the Protestant Reformation
C) The establishment of the Catholic Inquisition
D) The foundation of the Jesuit Order
What is B) The spread of the Protestant Reformation?
After Wycliffe’s death, his followers continued to produce copies of the Bible, which were known as __________ Bibles.
A) Reformer's Bible
B) Wycliffe's Bible
C) Protestant Bible
D) All of the above
What is B) Wycliffe's Bible?
"You have death on your lips, be touched by your faults, and retract in our presence all that you have said to our injury."
What is Friars?
Wycliffe's teachings focused on salvation by _____ alone, rejecting the necessity of Church rituals.
What is Faith?
By the decree of the CCouncil of Constance, more than _____ years after his death his_____ were _______ and publicly ______, and the ashes were thrown into a neighboring _____ .
What is forty | bones | exhumed | burned | brook?
As a professor of theology at Oxford, Wycliffe's received what title
What is the "Gospel Doctor"?
*Wycliffe’s translation was primarily based on this version of the Bible.
A) The Septuagint
B) The Latin Vulgate
C) The Hebrew Bible
D) The Greek New Testament
What is B) Latin Vulgate?
"They are eating us away like cancer. God must deliver us, or the people will perish."
What is the monks and priest of Rome?