Publisher's Description

A reproduction of a biography which has been out of print for many years. Wicliffe's courage in opposing the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical powers of England in the thirteenth century and his endeavor to get the Scriptures in English into the hands of the people greatly encouraged the leaders of the Protestant Reformation two centuries later. As soon a Wicliffe's translation of the Bible began to be scattered abroad, a great outcry was made by the priests and their followers for Wicliffe's martyrdom.