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John Wycliffe: “Morning Star of the Reformation”
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
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In the Fullness of Time
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son” (Gal. 4:4). The most important historical sources we have for the beginning of Christianity are those found in the documents of the New Testament, all of which were composed by the end of the first century. The Bible record is, of course, Continue reading
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