John Wycliffe (1328-1384 Anno Domini) has historically been called "the morning star of the Reformation". He and his followers, the Lollards, completed the first English translation of the Bible. His translation paved the way for other English translations such as Tyndale, Coverdale, Matthew, Cranmer, Parker, and then finally culminating with King James. As the true light of the Gospel began to shine forth throughout England through the light of the Scriptures (cf. Ps. 119:130), the gloomy clouds of Romish darkness and ignorance also began to dispel. This caused Protestantism to gain a strong foothold in England, and thus allowed the true Gospel of Jesus Christ to flourish forth. This was the groundwork that Wycliffe and other Reformers laid for King James' 1611 translation.

Now consider how these events took place, which began with Wycliffe, and how they lead up to the translation of the Perfect Bible. And consider how miraculously the Word of God (the King James Bible) has touched the souls of men throughout the world. And consider how Protestantism and the King James Bible have dealt such unrecoverable a blows Satan[i] and Popedom[ii]. Thus we see how instrumental and awesome both Protestantism and the Perfect Bible have been in changing the landscape of the entire world. These two movements (the Reformation and the English Bible translation) are linked, they are one, and they both are of God. These movements served as the vehicle which encapsulated the truth of God's eternal grace: revealed to us by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore it's not surprising to me that 44 years after Wycliffe's death the Antichrist declared Wycliffe an arch-heretic and had his bones exhumed, disinterred, burned, and thrown into the river.[iii]

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[i] Both blows to Satan and his kingdom of lies. The nest of his demonic kingdom is headquartered at Vatican City. (cf. Rev. 18:2; II Thess. 2:3,4)

[ii] "which hath given such a blow unto that man of sin, as will not be healed" by the Translators of the Bible to King James in the 1611's "EPISTLE DEDICATORY".

[iii] See "Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World" by John Foxe, Pages 31-34.