John Wycliffe

Question 1

Wycliffe is associated with _________, _________, and _________

Answer 1

nationalism, scholasticism and Lollardism

Question 2

The chancellor at Oxford university and the ecclesiastical council considered wycliffes beliefs to be

Answer 2

heretical and he was brought to trial before an ecclesiastical synod. (a local or special ecclesiastical council.)

Question 3

The _______ were wycliffes religious followers

Answer 3

Lollards

Question 4

Multiple Choice:

Indulgences are

Answer 4

supposed drafts on the heavenly treasure of merit accumulated by saints

Question 5

Wycliffes two part plan for evangelizing England was:

Answer 5

training and sending out preachers of the gospel; And translating the bible into English

Question 6

Wycliffe taught that the primary requirement for clergy is

Answer 6

a godly lifestyle

Question 7

Wycliffe cites

Answer 7

Bernard of clairvaux in his attack on wealth, worldly clergymen

Question 8

Similarities between Wycliffe and Chaucer

List three:

Answer 8

1. Wrote in the east midland dialect
2. Lived in England at the same time
3. We’re befriended by John of gaunt
4. We’re favored by the crown
5. We’re critical of religious fraud
6. Combined aristocratic and popular points of view in their writings