Did John Wycliffe accept extreme unction?
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According to Bruce Shelley, in [*Church History in Plain Language*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RbfVAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA237) , John Wycliffe, the early dissident in Catholicism, accepted the sacrament of extreme unction:
> He retained belief in purgatory and extreme unction
However, this seems to contradict what Shelley writes next:
> he admitted that he looked in vain in the Bible for the institution of extreme unction [...] The standard Wyclif used to judge the Roman Church was the teachings of Scripture.
I have a feeling that Wycliffe's views on extreme unction were a bit more nuanced, or at least confusing, than that he simply accepted it. So:
- What did Wycliffe believe about extreme unction?
- If he accepted it, on what basis did he do so? Biblical (*contra* Shelley)? Or non-biblical?
- If he rejected it, how did he explain [James 5:14–15](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james+5%3A14-15&version=ESV) ?
- Do his writings indicate that his views changed during his life?
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