DAWN OF THE REFORMATION.

Harmony of Protestant and Mediaeval creeds

The Reformation a moral movement

The evils of Papal institutions

The evils of monastic life

Quarrels and dissoluteness of monks

Birth of Wyclif

His scholastic attainments and honors

His political influence

The powers who have ruled the world

Wyclif sent on a mission to Bruges

Protection of John of Gaunt

Wyclif summoned to an ecclesiastical council

His defenders and foes

Triumph of Wyclif

He openly denounces the Pope

His translation of the Bible

Opposition to it by the higher clergy

Hostility of Roman Catholicism to the right of private judgment

Hostility to the Bible in vernacular tongues

Spread of the Bible in English

Wyclif as a doctrinal reformer

He attacks Transubstantiation

Deserted by the Duke of Lancaster

But dies peaceably in his parish

Wyclif contrasted with Luther

His great services to the church

Reasons why he escaped martyrdom

Authorities

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