LOLLARD, and his followers, rejected the sacrifice of the mass, extreme unction, and penances for sin; arguing that Christ's sufferings were sufficient. He is likewise said to have set aside baptism, as a thing of no effect; and repentance, as not absolutely necessary, &c. — Lollard was burnt alive at Cologne, in 1322. In England, the followers of Wickliff were called, by way of reproach, Lollards, from some affinity there was between some of their tenets; though others are of opinion, that the English Lollards came from Germany. See WICKLIFFEITE. They were solemnly condemned by the archbishop of Canterbury, and the council of Oxford.
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