John Wycliffe (1320-1384) was a theologian and early proponent of reform in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He initiated the first translation of the Bible into the English language and is considered the main precursor of the Protestant Reformation. read more
The Wycliffe Bible laid the groundwork for further translations of the Bible into English, as we shall see. In fact, the King James Version retains much of the same wording as the Wycliffe Bible, and continues its legacy. John Wycliffe died a martyr. read more
Wycliffe is credited with translating all the Bible fromthe Vulgate into what we have contemporarily come to call MiddleEnglish, which was a mixture of Old English (pre-1066) and French.By Wycliffe's time, French had had more than 3 centuries toincorporate itself into the existing Old English language. read more
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. read more