Two hundred years earlier, common people were not only discouraged from reading the Bible, but a vernacular translation of the Bible did not even exist. John Wycliffe was the first person in medieval or modern history to undertake the producing of a vernacular translation of the Bible. What was it that motivated Wycliffe to go against the popular opinion of his day and risk incurring the wrath of both Church and state by producing a vernacular translation of the Bible? Wycliffe's motive for translating the Bible into the English language arose out of three convictions that are closely related and help to shape one another: First he was distressed by the corruption he saw within the Church...
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What was it that motivated Wycliffe to go against the popular opinion of his day and risk incurring the wrath of both Church and state by producing a vernacular translation of the Bible? Wycliffe's motive for translating the Bible into the English language arose out of three convictions that are closely related and help to shape one another: First he was distressed by the corruption he saw within the Church...
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