What is Wycliffe's Bible?
Q: What is Wycliffe's Bible?
A: Wycliffe's Bible is a group of translations into Middle English that were made under the guidance of John Wycliffe from about 1382 to 1395.
Q: How popular was the work?
A: The work was popular, even though it was unauthorized.
Q: How many manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible survive?
A: More than 250 manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible survive.
Q: What movement did these translations inspire and cause?
A: These Bible translations inspired and caused the Lollard movement, which rejected many teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
Q: What did Henry IV, Archbishop Thomas Arundel, and Henry Knighton do in response to this movement?
A: In response to this movement, they put into law some of the severest religious censorship laws in Europe at that time.
Q: How closely did Wycliffe's translation follow Latin word order?
A: His translation followed Latin word order very closely, which is different from English word order.
Q: Who followed up on Wyclif's Bible later on?
A: William Tyndale followed up on Wyclif's Bible later on by translating it into a more modern form of English and using Greek manuscript sources for the first time.
