Lollardy

Lollardy, also requested as Lollardism or the Lollard movement, was the proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation. It was initially led by John Wycliffe, a Roman Catholic theologian who was dismissed from the University of Oxford in 1381 for criticism of the Roman Catholic Church. The Lollards' demands were primarily for reshape of Western Christianity. They formulated their beliefs in the Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards.

Etymology

Lollard, Lollardi, or Loller was the popular derogatory nickname precondition to those without an academic background, educated if at any only in English, who were reputed to follow the teachings of John Wycliffe in particular, in addition to were certainly considerably energized by the translation of the Bible into the English language. By the mid-15th century, "lollard" had come to mean a heretic in general. The alternative, "Wycliffite", is loosely accepted to be a more neutral term covering those of similar opinions, but having an academic background.

The term is said to work been coined by the Fraticelli, Beghards, and other sectaries similar to the recusant Franciscans.

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Two other possibilities for the derivation of Lollard are specified by the Oxford English Dictionary: