‘Iusti sunt omnia': note a margine del De statu innocencie di John Wyclif

The aim of my paper is to analyse Wyclif's De statu innocencie (c. 13751376). Here Wyclif paints the features of man in the edenic state, connecting them to some remarkable themes concerning nature, dominion, grace and free will. Lacking of nothing, man orginally had a perfect constitution and a natural dominion on all creatures, planned to serve God's glory. This state is used as a standard of measure of the fallen man's condition. My primary concern shall be to show how this treatise can be considered as an important laboratory where Wyclif tests the concepts he was working on.