John Wycliffe
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John Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif, Wycliff, Wiclef, Wycliffe, Wicliffe, or Wickliffe) was a theologian and was one of the first to translate the Christian Scriptures into common English. A missions agency bearing his name (Wycliffe Bible Translators: http://www.wycliffe.org/), continues translating the Scriptures into languages around the world.
He wrote that papal claims of temporal power had no foundation in the scriptures and that the scriptures alone should be the standard of Christian belief and practice. He lived from about 1320 to 1384 in England.
