Ecclesiae Regimen

[1][2] The manuscript (usually associated with the name Ecclesiae Regimen) is a medieval Latin undated handwritten text document containing church reform thoughts of John Wycliffe and the Lollards.

The Roman Catholic Church reformation ideas identified as originally belonging to John Wycliffe was expounded upon by the Wycliffite party known as the Lollards.

[1][3] The purpose of the manuscript was to show the reader how corrupt the Roman Catholic Church was at the time and that it needed reform.

Sacerdotes, levite, vel curati non debent seculariter dominari, sic intelligendo quod clerici non seculariter bellabunt nec placitabunt nec contendent seculariter contra dominos seculares, auferentes ab cis dominia temporalia, possunt tamen clerici habere bona temporalia, titulo elemosine, solum de quanto sunt necessaria vel utilia ad perficiendum officium spiritale.

Middle English version The firste article preestis dekenis oþir curatis shulden not be lordis bi worldli manere to þis vndirstondinge: þat preestis & clerkis shulden not fiȝte bi material swerd.