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Wycliffe Hall, Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (289 words) |
 | Wycliffe Hall is a Church of England theological college, and one of the constituent institutions of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. |
| Wycliffe Hall was set up in 1877 as a centre for training Christian leaders, and is named after the religious leader, John Wycliffe. |
| It was established alongside Ridley Hall, Cambridge as a pair of theological colleges with an expressly evangelical ethos. |
| John Wycliffe (5580 words) |
| Wycliffe was summoned before William Courtenay, bishop of London, on Feb. 19, 1377, in order "to explain the wonderful things which had streamed forth from his mouth." The exact charges are not known, as the matter did not get as far as a definite examination. |
| Wycliffe aimed to do away with the existing hierarchy and replace it with the "poor priests" who lived in poverty, were bound by no vows, had received no formal consecration, and preached the Gospel to the people. |
| Wycliffe's first encounter with the official Church of his time was prompted by his zeal in the interests of the State, his first tracts and greater works of ecclesiastical-political content defended the privileges of the State, and from these sources developed a strife out of which the next phases could hardly be determined. |
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