The Lord Gave the Word – Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the King James Version (3) John Wycliffe and the Beginning of the English Bible (2)
Wycliffe’s Translating Wycliffe put the truth of “feed[ing] his flock on the Word of God”[2] into practice. First, he preached God’s Word faithfully for his congregation at Lutterworth, especially after his expulsion from Oxford in 1382. Secondly, he trained hundreds of men—only men—and sent them out from his parish in Lutterworth two-by-two to bring God’s Word throughout England. The authorities of the Roman Church in England scornfully referred to them as “Lollards”[3] and persecuted them...