Quotes from John Wycliffe
The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
— John Wycliffe
Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His righteousness. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for salvation. There must be atonement made for sin according to the righteousness of God. The person to make this atonement must be God and man.
— John Wycliffe
I acknowledge that the sacrament of the altar is very God's body in form of bread, but it is in another manner God's body than it is in heaven.
— John Wycliffe
I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.
— John Wycliffe
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
— John Wycliffe
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.
— John Wycliffe
Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.
— John Wycliffe
No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion.
— John Wycliffe
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
— John Wycliffe
Two places are ordained for man to dwell in after this life. While he is here, he may choose, by God's mercy, which he will; but once he is gone from here, he may not do so. For whichever he first goes to, whether he like it well or ill, there he must dwell forevermore. He shall never after change his dwelling, though he hates it ever so badly.
— John Wycliffe
Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.
— John Wycliffe
Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.
— John Wycliffe