John Wycliffe3 root.log | The Goose Who Sang at the Stake: Jan Hus and the Reformation's Forgotten Prologue The Goose Who Sang at the Stake: Jan Hus and the Reformation's Forgotten PrologueChurch historians generally agree that the late medieval church reached its nadir of corruption in the century before Luther. What is less often acknowledged is that the fire Luther would set in Wittenberg had already been kindled—twice—before he was born. We examined the first of those sparks in an earlier root.log.. 2026. 4. 25. root.log | The Morning Star of the Reformation: The Theology of John Wycliffe The man who carried the lamp before the Reformation’s flameAt the close of the fourteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church stood at the height of its power. A single word from the Pope could determine the fate of kings, and the Bible remained sealed away from ordinary believers — considered too dangerous, too sacred for common hands. Into this darkness, John Wycliffe (1330–1384) stepped forwar.. 2026. 2. 27. root.log | The Morning Star of the Reformation: The Life of John Wycliffe A Seed of the Word That Could Not Be BurnedIn the previous root.log, we explored the life and theology of Martin Luther, the central figure of the Reformation. Yet Luther was not its point of origin. He stood at the crest of a long accumulation of questions, protests, and convictions that had been forming for generations. Long before Luther, there were those who looked squarely at the corruption.. 2025. 12. 30. 이전 1 다음