John Wycliffe Quotes

Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.

All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof.

The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.

The highest service to which a man may obtain on earth is to preach the law of God.

Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.

Private confession was not ordered by Christ and was not used by the apostles.

I am ready to defend my convictions even unto death. I have followed the Sacred Scriptures and the holy doctors.

It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.

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.

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.

Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.

I shall not die, but live; and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.

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.

This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.

It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.