John Wyclif, Last of the Schoolmen and First of the English ReformersG. P. Putnam's sons, 1892 - 377 pages |
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John Wycliff, Last of the Schoolmen and First of the English Reformers; Lewis Sergeant No preview available - 2015 |
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Alice Perrers already amongst appear Archbishop Archbishop Arundel Archbishop Chicheley ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY Arundel authority Avignon Balliol Bible bishops body Boniface bread Bruges bulls Canterbury Chancellor Christ Christian Church claim clergy common conclusions condemned Council Court Courtenay Courtenay's death declared doctors doctrine Duke of Lancaster ecclesiastical Edward Edward III effect enemies England English evidence excommunicated fact faith fourteenth century France friars friends Gospel Gregory Henry Hereford heresy heretic Holy John Ball John of Gaunt John Wyclif King King's labour Latin living Lollards London Lord Lutterworth Marsiglio matter ment mind monarch monks Ockham Oxford Papacy papal papal bulls Parliament peasants Poor Priests Pope preach prelates Primate Prince probably recognised Reformer reign religious revolt Richard Richard II Roman Rome Rygge sacrament Schism Schoolmen secular serfs sermons Simon Islip spirit statute Stokys Sudbury Synod temporal tion University Urban whilst words writings wrote Wycliffite Wykeham
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Page 266 - A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure PERSONE of a toun : But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often sithes.
Page 182 - And in you I gather up and bear in memory those familiar affectionate companions and counsellors, who in Oxford were given to me, one after another, to be my daily solace and relief; and all those others, of great name and high example, who were my thorough friends, and showed me true attachment in times long past; and also those many younger men, whether I knew them or not, who have never been disloyal to me by word or deed...
Page 69 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.