Proto-Protestantism
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Proto-Protestantism, also called pre-Protestantism, refers to individuals and movements that propagated various ideas later associated with Protestantism before 1517, which historians usually regard a
John Wycliffe is called the "Morning Star of the Reformation" by Andy Thomson.
Luther Monument in Worms, including Protestant forerunners such as Girolamo Savonarola, Jan Hus and Peter Waldo
Timeline from The Trail of Blood
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John Wycliffe
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John Wycliffe was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the University of Oxford. Wycliffe is traditionally believed to have advocated for
Proto-Protestantism
…Before Martin Luther and John Calvin, some leaders tried to reform Christianity. The main forerunners of the Protestant Reformation were Peter Waldo, John Wycliffe and Jan Hus. Martin Luther himself saw it important to have forerunners of his views, and thus he praised people like Girolamo Savonarola, Lorenzo…
Portrait by Thomas Kirkby, c. 1828
Mural depicting trial of the 19 February 1377. One of The Manchester Murals by Ford Madox Brown. Gaunt is shown confronting William Courtenay while a barefoot Wycliffe looks on. Geoffrey Chaucer is depicted as one of the scribes.
Statue of Wycliffe on Frederick's Church, Copenhagen