Wycliffe

The mainspring of [John] Wycliffe's work was that the Scriptures are the foundation of all doctrine. His 1378 work De veritate Sacrae Scripturae (On the Truth of Sacred Scripture) describes the Bible as being directly from God Himself, timeless, unchanging, free from error and contradictions, containing only truth, accepting no addition, suffering no subtraction. All must be taken equally, absolutely, without qualification. Scripture is the law of Christ, the truth, and must be placed above all human writings. Without knowledge of the Bible there can be no peace, no real and abiding good; it contains all that is necessary for the salvation of men. It alone is infallible, and therefore is the one authority for the faith. Just as a true Christian will be one who finds his faith in the light of Scripture, so a true shepherd of Christians will be one who feeds his flock on the Word of God." The Authorised Version- A Wonderful and Unfinished History, C.P. Hallihan