John Wycliffe: Morning Star of the Reformation
John Wycliffe is famed as the man who first translated the whole Bible into English. He was born in the 1320s and died in 1384 and, for much of his life, he was a theologian, lecturer and academic at Oxford University. It was only at the very end of his life that Wycliffe turned to Bible translation. John Cassell / Public domain: Facsimile from a Wycliffe BibleIn his day, Wycliffe was highly influential in church and political life. But once dead, the church sought to eradicate that influence.
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