An important forerunner of the Protestant Reformation was John Wycliffe (ca. 1324–1384), an eminent Oxford professor. Wycliffe lived during the so-called “Babylonian Captivity of the Church” (1309–1378), when the papal headquarters were in Avignon, France; and the “Great Schism” when there were rival popes at both Rome and Avignon (1378–1417). These issues and other clerical… Continue reading