John Wyclif Quotes on Knowledge
John Wyclif was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, and reformer, often called the morning star of the Reformation. This page collects quotes attributed to John Wyclif on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Wyclif:
“Scripture is the highest authority for every Christian.”
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Attributed to John Wyclif:
“The Bible should be available to every plowman in his own tongue.”
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Attributed to John Wyclif:
“Universals are real before they are in things, and in things before they are in our minds.”
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“As quoted in Great Voices of the Reformation : An Anthology (1952) by Harry Emerson Fosdick, p. 37”
I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. -
“General Prologue to the Bible translation of 1384, as paraphrased in Lincoln at Gettysburg : An Address (1906) by Clark Ezra Carr, p. 75;”
This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People. -
“As quoted in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 15”
Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known. -
“Latin statement in De Quattuor Sectis Novellis , as translated in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 16”
There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how, when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the reason being to show the indifferency of all forms of words.