John Wycliffe Quotes
Two places are ordained for man to dwell in after this life. While he is here, he may choose, by God's mercy, which he will; but once he is gone from here, he may not do so. For whichever he first goes to, whether he like it well or ill, there he must dwell forevermore. He shall never after change his dwelling, though he hates it ever so badly.
Wycliffe, John. Writings of the Reverend and Learned John Wickliff. Religious Tract Society, 1831, p. 117.
Vasilii Ivanovich Belavin. head of the church. Several years later when he had been ousted by pro Communist clerics, the then Metropolitan removed the curse and excommunication. Because he was responsible for the Russian Orthodox Church in North America he developed the complementary title of ‘Enlightener Of America’
In addition to the immense secular powers that can be used to obtain obedience, in a theocracy, there is the additional weapon of damnation. See {628182} for his use of some of the others.
John Wycliffe was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford. He became an influential dissident within the Roman Catholic priesthood during the 14th century and is considered an important predecessor to Protestantism.
