Fourteenth-century English theologian John Wycliffe sponsored the first complete translation of the Bible into English. Trained in the scholasticism of the medieval Roman Catholic church, Wycliffe became disillusioned with ecclesiastical abuses and undertook the task of making the Christian Scriptures generally available to lay people. His teachings were propagated by itinerant evangelists called the Poor Preachers. Wycliffe's writings later inspired such leaders of the Protestant Reformation as John Hus and Martin Luther.
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