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- noun Plural form of
Wycliffite .
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The doctrines which had been taught by Wycliffe continued for a time to spread; his followers, known as Wycliffites and Lollards, not only traversed England, but scattered to other lands, carrying the knowledge of the gospel.
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Ellen Gould Harmon White 1871
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On this point, as in all other articles of the decree, it adopted the principles of the heretics, especially the senseless opinions of the Wycliffites and of the Centuriators of Magdeburg, who rose up in rage against the use of ecclesiastical chant and dared to deny its antiquity.
FABC to call for the use of Asian symbols, melodies and values at Mass 2009
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In 1832, Pope Gregory XVI recalled how greatly the peace of both Church and society was disturbed by various rebellious sects, "the Waldensians, the Beghards, the Wycliffites, and other such sons of Belial, who were the sores and disgrace of the human race."
Separation of Church and State: Manifest Destiny or Manifest Heresy? 2007
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Yet the fact that this represented a compromise with its own most formative traditions led to a steady stream of protest – internal protest like the monastic movements, separatist protests like those of the Waldensians and Wycliffites.
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March, 1420, Pope Martin V issued a Bull inviting all Christians to unite in a crusade for the extermination of Wycliffites, Hussites, and other heretics.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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We first hear of it as referring to the Wycliffites in 1382, when the Cistercian Henry
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Lollards or Wycliffites, who at the beginning of the sixteenth century were still numerous in the towns.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Back in England he took a prominent part in the prosecution of Wycliffites and Lollards, assisting at the trials of William Tailor (1410), Sir John Oldcastle (1413), William White
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Wycliffites, and was largely drawn upon by the controversialists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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