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Heresy Trials of Wycliffe

Type Event Region England Time 1377–1378

In the 1370s, Oxford scholar John Wycliffe was repeatedly interrogated by the Church over his critiques of ecclesiastical wealth, transubstantiation,…

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  1. 1377St Paul's Cathedral · LondonThe Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Winchester convened a public debate at St Paul's Cathedral in London, accusing Wycliffe's statements on church property and clerical power of being heretical; a popular riot interrupted the proceedings, and Wycliffe, under the protection of the Duke of Lancaster, was not immediately arrested.
  2. 1377–1378Lambeth Palace · LondonPope Gregory XI issued five bulls in 1377 condemning Wycliffe's teachings; in 1378 a church council convened at Lambeth Palace formally declared his doctrines on transubstantiation and other matters heretical, but Wycliffe remained protected by the University of Oxford and some nobles and was not executed.

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