Dec 31, 2025
December 31, 1384:
John Wycliffe, often called the “Morning Star of the Reformation,” dies at about age 64. He championed the authority of Scripture and oversaw the first complete translation of the Bible into English. His teachings deeply influenced later reform movements, especially Jan Hus, and helped lay theological groundwork that would shape the Protestant Reformation. Condemned posthumously at the Council of Constance (1415), his remains were exhumed and burned as an act of symbolic censure.
