The Wycliffe Bible: John Wycliffe's Translation of the Holy Scriptures from the Latin Vulgate

Here is John Wycliffe's greatest accomplishment: the translation of the Holy Scriptures into MIddle English. Producing the first complete English Bible, Wycliffe was the first to set aside Latin as the language of the Scriptures and reach the English people in their own tongue. Working from contemporary manuscripts of the Latin Vulgate, he sought "no strange English," but only the easiest, most common – albeit the most Latin-like language possible. (Latin constructions and word order were p...