Wycliffe Teachings

Actions and Writings
Wycliffe was brought before his English superiors on February 19, 1377 due to his concerns over the church wealth and power. He felt that if the church had become corrupted then it was proper for secular authorities to step in and resolve the situation. He published his thoughts that the papacy and monasticism had become perverted and Scripture should stand as the only legitimate authority. His writings such as De Dominio Divino (On Divine Dominion) and De Civili Dominio (De Civili Dominio) created much controversy with arguments that all legitimate dominion is derived from God. Over the next few years he would present these thoughts in some of his best known documents; De Veritate Sacrae Scripturae, De Ecclesia, De Officio Regis, De Officio Pastoralis, and De Potestate Pape and several hundred sermons and commentaries, including Postilla super totam Bibliam and Opus Evangelicum . In 1382, Wycliffe was finally ordered to stop teaching as a result of the Earthquake Council. While he produced several works from this time until his death it is his
In 1412, all of Prague was to be placed under interdict preventing all rights and services stopped and all churches were closed because of Huss. This included marriage, last rights, baptism, communion, and confession. The common person believed this would also separate them from God. Huss appealed to Jesus Christ claiming that petitioning to Christ, as the supreme judge, he was bypassing the hierarchy of church. Then to prevent any further disruption he went into the countryside southern Bohemia to write and teach. During this time, Huss would produce his most controversial work, De Ecclesia, that agreed with Wycliffe’s prior work by the same name, and attacked claims of clergy exclusivity arguing that the church was made up individuals divinely appointed and predestined by