In the fourteenth century the English heretic John Wycliffe taught that

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John Wycliffe believed that popes and bishops were not necessarily granted God's grace and could be defied by princes. This challenged the established hierarchy of the Church, as it suggested that temporal rulers had some level of authority over the Church, whereas previously the Church had been seen as an independent institution. Wycliffe's views were controversial and ultimately declared heretical by the Church.

In the Fourteenth Century the English Heretic John Wycliffe Taught