John Wycliffe, 1320-1384

● English Theologian, reformist, university teacher

● Early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church

● Founder of the Lollard movement

● Precursor to the Protestant reformation

● 1382, Wyclif’s Bible : Translated into the common tongue

● Lollard movement was the political and religious movement of the Lollards from the mid-14c to the English Reformation. The term Lollards refers to the followers of John Wycliffe.