Excerpt from Historical Address: Before the Hunterdon County Bible Society, on the Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Translation of the Bible by Wyckliffe, August 31st, 1880
Here we have the testimony of this distinguished historian, that the translation of the bible into English originated what we call the reformation, not only in England, but in Europe generally.
Lingard does not notice the important fact that, though the common people could seldom read, yet they were read to, especially by the poor priests.
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