True History - Veritas Card #22 (Orange Card) - John Wycliffe and John Huss

John Wycliffe and John Huss - c. 1380

    It was during the time period of the Hundred Years War that seeds for the Reformation were being planted. John Wycliffe was an English Theologian and a professor at Oxford. Things were stirring in his heart. He viewed Scripture as 'Sola Scriptura' which meant that Scripture was the final authority. He openly criticized the papacy and the friars, and he actually called the pope the 'Antichrist'. His followers were called 'Lollards' and the promoted his views. John Wycliffe also produced an English version of the Bible.
    The teachings of Wycliffe spread all the way from England to the Czech Republic. A man named John Huss lived in Prague, and he adopted the teachings of Wycliffe. While the Great Schism was going on in Rome and Avignon, John Huss preached in Czech and won most of the country to his beliefs. But he was excommunicated and imprisoned for heresy and finally burned at the stake. on July 6, 1415. The Moravian Church came out of John Huss' teachings.