John Wyclif Quotes on Politics
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 politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Wyclif:
“Lawful dominion depends on righteousness; without grace, there is no true title.”
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Attributed to John Wyclif:
“A church that hoards wealth has forgotten its Lord.”
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“This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
General Prologue to the Bible translation of 1384, as paraphrased in Lincoln at Gettysburg : An Address (1906) by Clark Ezra Carr, p. 75; -
“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.”
As quoted in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 15