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John Wycliff (jan 1, 1330 – jan 1, 1384)

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Criticized the Church and the corruption in its clergy in the 1300s. Challenged papal infallibility and called for the power of the clergy to be supplanted with the Bible and individual interpretation of it by all Catholics. Together with Jan Hus he set the stage for the Protestant Reformation.

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jan 1, 1330
jan 1, 1384
~ 54 years