Dissatisfaction
The church experienced major transformations as movements attacked papal authority and threatened to factionalize the united Christian community. Although the repercussions of these disruptions weren't felt until the late fifteen-hundreds, it doesn't mean that they were minuscule. Three perfect examples of this dissatisfaction are the works of Marsilius of Padua, John Wycliffe, and Jan Huss.
Marsilius of Padua was an Italian lawyer. In 1324 he wrote a book called Defender of Peace. In it he expressed his distaste for all of the papal authority, and his advocacy for the lay sovereignty within the church. Implicating Nominalist principle he proclaimed that the reality of the Christian community is like the reality of the universe, consists of the sum of all its parts. He further on stated that the sovereignty of the Church belonged to its members, because it is them who share the will of the community.
John Wycliffe also had the peoples' best interests in mind......
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