Monday, April 27, 2009

from reformer to protestant-Elisa

this section talks about what the title states. changing from a reformer to a protestant. the Oxfords scholar's break with the papacy was part of a new idea that he had formed of the church. he was accepting the division of the church into 3 parts. "one triumphant in heaven, one military here on earth, and asleep in purgatory" . Wyclif drew a conclusion, the church is a unity that knows nothing of papal primacies and hierachies, and of the "sects" of monks, friars, and priests. nor can the salvations of the elect be conditioned by masses, indulgences, penance, or other devices of priestcraft.

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