 He then appealed – not to the pope nor to the ecclesiastical authorities of the land, but to the king.He published his great confession upon the subject and also a second writing in English intended for the common people.As long as Wycliffe limited his attacks to abuses and the wealth of the Church, he could rely on the support of part of the clergy and aristocracy, but once he dismissed the traditional doctrine of transubstantiation, his theses could not be defended any more.