John Wycliffe, life and ideals, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica John Wycliffe, life and ideals e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! dolm ychifpe John Wycliffe was a theologian He taught in an Oxford'Universitycolege and had extensive connections wifh the royal'eourt: Wycliffe was an openicritie of corruptioniin ine Church and its greatrwealth The most powerful baron of the time, Johnrof Gaunt, brought Wyclffe to qpreachvin London in support of a Campaign to increase Crownrrevenue by obtalning more money from he Church Parliament and the king consulted him as fo wether or not it was lawful to keep:back.treasure of the kingdom fromRome, and he replied thatauwas His other ideas were even more radical; including attacks on papal authority This caused horror among the Orfhodox and he was denounced as the first major English heretic Wyclffe's1writings.were repeatedy condemned'bythe pope, but he was sufficientlyprotected byrhis:patrons:to be alowed to retire peacefuliy and die in his own home Wycliffe was an early advocate for translationrof ine Bible into the common language He completed his translation from the Vulgate into vernacuar English in 382 Wyclife's followers were insultingly nicknamed ‘Lollaras”, that is mumblers, but their worckfor- Word'translation was a fundamentalrculturalrdevelopment The Wycliffites hoped that it would encourage ordinary people; both nobles and simple*»men and women, torleadramoreraciive and autonomous religious life There was a controversy about wether English was an'adequate or dignified medium for the divineWord; but the lollards insisted that Englishiwas: suitable and perhaps even better than Latin. In 881 there was a revolt in which the leaders were suspectedrof IinksitorWycliffe In lol heresy was made a capital offence:in England and the translation of the Bible Was forbidden without the specific permission of a Church council An admirer of Wycliffe's ideas was Geoffrey Chaucer, who was involved in'thevintellectualrand political tensions of his time He Witnessed the Peasants' Revoli and was undoubtedy a sympathiserroftherLolaras He showed