Wycliffe's Bible
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bible & Bible Studies, Old Testament, Study, Bibles, Other Bibles
| Author: | John Wycliffe | ISBN: | 1230003177181 |
| Publisher: | Holy Bible Publishers | Publication: | April 10, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Wycliffe |
| ISBN: | 1230003177181 |
| Publisher: | Holy Bible Publishers |
| Publication: | April 10, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Wycliffe's Bible is the name now given to a group of Bible translations into Middle English that were made under the direction of John Wycliffe. They appeared over a period from approximately 1382 to 1395.
These Bible translations were the chief inspiration and chief cause of the Lollardmovement, a pre-Reformation movement that rejected many of the distinctive teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. In the early Middle Ages, most Western Christian people encountered the Bible only in the form of oral versions of scriptures, verses and homilies in Latin (other sources were mystery plays, usually performed in the vernacular, and popular iconography). Though relatively few people could read at this time, Wycliffe’s idea was to translate the Bible into the vernacular, saying "it helpeth Christian men to study the Gospel in that tongue in which they know best Christ's sentence".
Wycliffe's Bible is the name now given to a group of Bible translations into Middle English that were made under the direction of John Wycliffe. They appeared over a period from approximately 1382 to 1395.
These Bible translations were the chief inspiration and chief cause of the Lollardmovement, a pre-Reformation movement that rejected many of the distinctive teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. In the early Middle Ages, most Western Christian people encountered the Bible only in the form of oral versions of scriptures, verses and homilies in Latin (other sources were mystery plays, usually performed in the vernacular, and popular iconography). Though relatively few people could read at this time, Wycliffe’s idea was to translate the Bible into the vernacular, saying "it helpeth Christian men to study the Gospel in that tongue in which they know best Christ's sentence".
