Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Jan Hus; c. 1372 – 6 July 1415), often referred to in English as John Hus or John Huss, was a Czech priest, philosopher, early Christian reformer and Master at Charles University in Prague. After John Wycliffe, the theorist of ecclesiastical Reformation, Hus is considered the first Church reformer, as he lived before Luther, Calvin and Zwingli...
accept prepared stake stand
Even if I should stand before the stake which has been prepared for me, I would never accept the recommendation of the theological faculty.
articles concerning detest false
Moreover, concerning the articles that they have extracted from my books, I say that I detest any false interpretation which any of them bears.
defended god neither nor though witness
For God is my witness that I neither preached, affirmed, nor defended them, though they say that I did.
accepting faculty recommendations
I would never accept the recommendation of the theological faculty.
father law judging
O God and Lord, now the council condemns even Your own act and Your own law as heresy, since You Yourself did lay Your cause before Your Father as the just judge, as an example for us, whenever we are sorely oppressed.
blood taught lips
What I have taught with my lips I now seal with my blood.
redemption kingdoms today
I trust in the Lord God Almighty ... that he will not take away from me the cup of his redemption, but firmly hope to drink from it today in his kingdom.
common pope christ
As for antichrist occupying the papal chair, it is evident that a pope living contrary to Christ, like any other perverted person, is called, by common consent, antichrist.
truth-will-prevail
Love the truth. Let others have their truth, and the truth will prevail.
christmas men may
Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal man may live in eternity.
against cannot doctors fear offend opinion
But inasmuch as I fear to offend against the truth, or to gainsay the opinion of the doctors of the Church, I cannot abjure any one of them.