Jan Hus Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Hus's scholarship and teachings=== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2020}} [[File:Luther und Hus-Abendmahl.jpg|thumb|[[Martin Luther|Luther]] and Hus serving [[Communion under both kinds]] together; picture from 16th-century Saxony demonstrating the affinity of Lutherans with Hussites]] Hus left reformatory writings. He translated Wycliffe's ''Trialogus'' and was very familiar with his works on the body of [[Jesus]], the Church, and the power of the pope, as well as and especially with his sermons. There are reasons to suppose that Wycliffe's view of the Lord's Supper ([[consubstantiation]] rather than [[transubstantiation]]{{sfn|Lechler|1904|p=381}}) had spread to Prague as early as 1399, with strong evidence that students returning from England had brought the work back with them. It gained an even wider circulation after it had been prohibited in 1403, and Hus preached and taught it. The view was seized eagerly by the [[Taborites]], who made it the central point of their system. According to their book, the Church is not the clerical hierarchy that was generally accepted as 'the Church'; the Church is the entire body of those who from eternity have been predestined for salvation. Christ, not the pope, is its head. It is no article of faith that one must obey the pope to be saved. Neither internal membership in the Church nor churchly offices and dignities are a surety that the persons in question are members of the true Church. Hus's efforts were designed to rid the Church of its ethical abuses. The seeds of the Reformation are clear in Hus's and Wycliffe's writings. In explaining the plight of the average Christian in Bohemia, Hus wrote, "One pays for confession, for Mass, for the sacrament, for indulgences, for [[Churching of women|churching a woman]], for a blessing, for burials, for funeral services and prayers. The very last penny which an old woman has hidden in her bundle for fear of thieves or robbery will not be saved. The villainous priest will grab it."{{Sfn | Macek | 1958 | p = 16}} After Hus's death, his followers, known as [[Hussites]], split off into several groups including the [[Utraquists]], [[Taborite]]s and [[Sirotci|Orphans]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page