John de Wycliffe

At this season of the year it is customary to commemorate the great Protestant Reformation when we celebrate Reformation Day. At such a time as this our thoughts naturally turn first of all to such great reformers as Luther and Calvin.  We must remember, however, that the Reformation was not a sudden, violent uprising against papal abuses, against the pope and his authority, against the darkened and immoral lives and teachings of the priests and bishops.  Rather it must be viewed as a process,...