Lollards were a heretical reform movement that arose in England in the 14th century that lingered until the English Reformation. Lollards were followers of John Wycliffe. The main tenets included:
Christianity should be based on the Bible as much as possible, therefore practices not found in scripture should be eliminated;
The laity should have access to the Bible in the vernacular;
Authority for interpretations rests in individuals, not with the Church;
A denial of the doctrine of transubstantiation;
A belief in predestination rather than justification by works, and that there was an invisible "Church of the Saved" which differed from the visible Catholic Church;
A belief in a lay priesthood and a denial of the efficacy of confession or clerical celibacy
A compendium of terms dealing with Anglican and Episcopal history, theology, and worship.
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Great Bible
An English version of the Bible, authorized by Thomas Cromwell in the name of Henry VIII, published in 1538 and translated by Miles Coverdale, whose version of the psalms are still used in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.
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