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John Wycliffe put the Bible into English at a time when owning a copy could cost you your life. He died in his own bed in 1384. In 1428 they dug up his bones, burned them, and threw the ashes into the River Swift.

They called him the Morning Star of the Reformation.

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Watch Part 2 of Torchbearers, a five part series on the men who carried the fire before Luther struck the match.

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Next: Jan Hus, October 13.

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