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Issue 68 : Jan Hus: Incendiary Preacher of Prague

Originally published in 2000

Issue 68

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Jan Hus: Did You Know?

Interesting and unusual facts about Jan Hus and his followers.

Elesha Coffman
Jan Hus: From the Editors - Accidental Radical

Elesha Coffman
To Build a Fire

Jan Hus hoped his incendiary preaching and heated rebukes would purify a tainted church, but the flames consumed him first.

Thomas A. Fudge
Jan Hus: A Gallery of Foes in High Places

As reformation divided Bohemia, it turned some of Hus's most influential allies against him.

Maartje M. Abbenhuis
A Plethora of Pontiffs

With two popes, then three, vying for power, more was at stake in Constance than Jan Hus.

Peter E. Prosser
Jan Hus: Christian History Timeline - Reform and Resistance in Hussite Bohemia

The Christian History Timeline
The Wanderer

Jerome of Prague's zest for life was surpassed only by his zeal for reform.

Frieda Looser
A Pastor's Heart

Even in the midst of his campaign for reform, Hus never forgot the faithful flock back home.

Bruce L. Shelley
Jan Hus: Christian History Archive - Faith Formed in Love

In De Ecclesia (The Church) Hus encourages Christians to trust God but question the Church.

Jan Hus
The Reformation Connection

Hus shared ideas with Wyclif and Luther, yet they were not all of one mind.
Rebels to Be Reckoned With

The most powerful empire in Europe was no match for a peasant army led by a blind man.

Elesha Coffman
Jan Hus: Christian History Interview - To Live in Truth

The integrity for which Hus died lives on among Czech Christians.

Jan Milic Lochman
Jan Hus: Recommended Resources

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