John Wycliffe
Published: 2018-09-06
Total Pages: 496
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Excerpt from Iohannis Wyclif Opus Evangelicum: Now First Edited From Manuscripts, With Critical And Historical Notes; Vols I And II When the 'magister' John Huss started on his journey to Con stance, in the autumn of 1414, his intention was not so much to justify himself and answer for his doctrines before the assembled Fathers, as to gain over the Oecumenical Council and the whole of the Western world to his ideas of reform, which he had hitherto triumphantly preached throughout Bohemia. To this end he prepared three great orations, which he intended to deliver in presence of the Council. One of them bears the title: De Sufficiencia legis Christi etc., and maintains that the law of God, i. E. Holy Scripture, is sufficient for the government of the world. All other existing laws, whether Papa], Imperial, or national, are good only in so far as they are at one with the former. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.