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Also known as John Hus, John Huss

Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)

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Jan Hus was a Czech theologian, philosopher, and preacher who lived from 1369 to 1415 and challenged church teachings and practices of his time. He was executed for his beliefs, making him a significant figure in the history of religious reform movements in Europe.

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Born
1369
Died
6 July 1415
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137

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  • Ioannes Hvss De anatomia antichristi, liber unus
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  • Opera omnia

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Jan Hus (c. 1372 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Hus is considered by some to be the first Church reformer, even though some designate this honour to the theorist John Wycliffe or Marcion of Sinope. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jan+Hus">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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  • God is my witness that I have never taught or preached that which false witnesses have testified against me. He knows that the great object of all my preaching and writing was to convert men from sin. In the truth of that gospel which hitherto I have written, taught and preached, I now joyfully die.
  • Melius est bene mori, quam male vivere (...) qui mortem metuit, amittit gaudia vitae; super omnia vincit veritas, vincit, qui occiditur, quia nulla ei nocet adversitas, si nulla ei dominatur iniquitas.
  • The people from Prague and other Czechs should be whipped who speak half Czech and half German (...) And who could enumerate how the Czech language has already been corrupted, so that the true Czech hears they speak, but he does not understand them. And from that arises envy, anger, conflict, strife and Czech humiliation.
  • It is impossible that Christendom finds its peace in God's will, if the priesthood is not being called to order.
  • Even a most evil man is better than the devil!
  • If I knew a foreigner from anywhere in his virtue who would love God and would be interested in the good more than my own brother, he would be dearer to me than my brother. And hence I prefer good English priests over timid Czech priests and good German over an evil brother.

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Ó sancta simplicitas
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Briefe (geschrieben zu Konstanz 1414-1415). Nach dem böhmischen Urtext.

Briefe (geschrieben zu Konstanz 1414-1415). Nach dem böhmischen Urtext.

Vermischte Schriften. Aus dem Lat.

Vermischte Schriften. Aus dem Lat.

Ioannes Hvss. De Anatomia Antichristi, Liber unus. De mysterijs iniquitatis Antichristi, Fragmentum 1. De reuelatione Christi, & Antichristi, Fragmentu[m] 2. De abolendis Sectis, & traditionib. hominu[m]. Lib. 1. De unitate Ecclesiae, & scismate uitando. Liber 1. De Euangelica perfectione. Liber 1. De pernicie traditionum humanarum. Fragment. 3. De regno, populo, uita, & morib. Antichristi. Lib. 1. Item Fragmentorum collectanea quaedam. Cum indice summario contentorum. Appendix Othonis Brvnnfelsii, Ratio editionis & condemnationis Ioannis Hvss De nominibus Christi, & Antichristi. De appropriatis Christi, & Antichristi in scripturis. De nominibus ecclesiae Christi, & Antichristi, & filiorum eius. De nominibus Primatum Ecclesiae Christi, & Antichristi. De Anatomia Christi & Antichristi per singula membra ex scripturis desumpta. Item prophetiae & scripture de uita & moribus Christi, & Antichristi. Item de erroribus Ioannis Huss articuli. Ioannis Hvss articuli aliquot Euangelici & Christiani. Increpet Dominus in te, Satan

Ioannes Hvss. De Anatomia Antichristi, Liber unus. De mysterijs iniquitatis Antichristi, Fragmentum 1. De reuelatione Christi, & Antichristi, Fragmentu[m] 2. De abolendis Sectis, & traditionib. hominu[m]. Lib. 1. De unitate Ecclesiae, & scismate uitando. Liber 1. De Euangelica perfectione. Liber 1. De pernicie traditionum humanarum. Fragment. 3. De regno, populo, uita, & morib. Antichristi. Lib. 1. Item Fragmentorum collectanea quaedam. Cum indice summario contentorum. Appendix Othonis Brvnnfelsii, Ratio editionis & condemnationis Ioannis Hvss De nominibus Christi, & Antichristi. De appropriatis Christi, & Antichristi in scripturis. De nominibus ecclesiae Christi, & Antichristi, & filiorum eius. De nominibus Primatum Ecclesiae Christi, & Antichristi. De Anatomia Christi & Antichristi per singula membra ex scripturis desumpta. Item prophetiae & scripture de uita & moribus Christi, & Antichristi. Item de erroribus Ioannis Huss articuli. Ioannis Hvss articuli aliquot Euangelici & Christiani. Increpet Dominus in te, Satan

Etliche Brieue Johannis Huss des Heiligen Merterers, aus dem gefengnis zu Costentz, An die Behemen geschrieben /

Etliche Brieue Johannis Huss des Heiligen Merterers, aus dem gefengnis zu Costentz, An die Behemen geschrieben /

Etliche Brieue Johannis Huss des Heiligen Merterers, aus dem gefengnis zu Costentz, An die Behemen geschrieben /

Etliche Brieue Johannis Huss des Heiligen Merterers, aus dem gefengnis zu Costentz, An die Behemen geschrieben /

De Cavsa Boemica. Pavlvs Constantivs. Vulgo refragari quosdam celeberrimi Constantiensis Concilii Vtiae, qua Hvssitae damnati sunt, constat. Quare uisum est mihi hu [n] c ea de re in lucem edere librum ut uidetur a doctis quibusdam scriptum Quo palam fiat uniuerso orbi, qua ex causa Hussitae damnati sint, & Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae [ue] Concilii illibata maneat auctoritas

De Cavsa Boemica. Pavlvs Constantivs. Vulgo refragari quosdam celeberrimi Constantiensis Concilii Vtiae, qua Hvssitae damnati sunt, constat. Quare uisum est mihi hu [n] c ea de re in lucem edere librum ut uidetur a doctis quibusdam scriptum Quo palam fiat uniuerso orbi, qua ex causa Hussitae damnati sint, & Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae [ue] Concilii illibata maneat auctoritas

De Anatomia ANTICHRISTI.

De Anatomia ANTICHRISTI.

Vier Christliche briefe, so Johan[n] Hus der heylig marterer aus dem gefengcknus zu Costentz im Concilio, an die Behem geschriben hat, verteutscht, sampt einer vorrede D. Marth. Luthers, das zukunfftig Concilium betreffent

Vier Christliche briefe, so Johan[n] Hus der heylig marterer aus dem gefengcknus zu Costentz im Concilio, an die Behem geschriben hat, verteutscht, sampt einer vorrede D. Marth. Luthers, das zukunfftig Concilium betreffent

Joannes Husz. Von schedligkeit der menschen satzungen oder Tradition. Verdeütsch durch Wentzeslau[m] Linck. Ecclesiasten zü Aldenburgk.

Joannes Husz. Von schedligkeit der menschen satzungen oder Tradition. Verdeütsch durch Wentzeslau[m] Linck. Ecclesiasten zü Aldenburgk.

Erronei ac Heretici Dogmatis circiter annum dominice Incarnationis Millesimu[m] Quadringe[n]tesimu[m] vicesimum in Bohemia exorti postea vero et reprobrati condemnatiq?. notabiliores ac perniciores hic ponuntur Articuli

Erronei ac Heretici Dogmatis circiter annum dominice Incarnationis Millesimu[m] Quadringe[n]tesimu[m] vicesimum in Bohemia exorti postea vero et reprobrati condemnatiq?. notabiliores ac perniciores hic ponuntur Articuli

Epistolae qvaedem piissimae & eruditissimae Iohannis Hus, quae solae declarant Papistarum pietates, esse Satanae furias /

Epistolae qvaedem piissimae & eruditissimae Iohannis Hus, quae solae declarant Papistarum pietates, esse Satanae furias /

Liber Egregivs De Interate Ecclesiae, Cuius author of periit in concilio Constantiensi. Tu, quaeso, candide mi Lector, non quis, sed quid dicatur, attende

Liber Egregivs De Interate Ecclesiae, Cuius author of periit in concilio Constantiensi. Tu, quaeso, candide mi Lector, non quis, sed quid dicatur, attende

Das die Secten un[d] Menschen leren in der Christenheyt sollen außgetilget werden /

Das die Secten un[d] Menschen leren in der Christenheyt sollen außgetilget werden /

Commentarii super epistolas Novi testamenti

Commentarii super epistolas Novi testamenti

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Bible, Old Testament - part

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[Proceedings of Czech Texts]

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Disputationum de quolibet de annis 1411 et 1416 manuale

Disputationum de quolibet de annis 1411 et 1416 manuale

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DE CAVSA BOEMICA. PAVLVS CONSTANTIVS. Vulgo refragari quosdam celeberrimi Constantiensis Concilii sententiae, qua HVSSITAE damnati sunt, constat. Quare uisum est mihi hu[n]c ea de re in lucem edere librum ut uidetur a doctis quibusdam scriptum Quo palam fiat uniuerso orbi, qua ex causa Hussitae damnati sint, & Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae celeberrimiq[ue] Concilii illibata maneat auctoritas. Lector animum affer liberum, ronchos, supercilium & rugas ablega ad Haereticorum Inquisitores

DE CAVSA BOEMICA. PAVLVS CONSTANTIVS. Vulgo refragari quosdam celeberrimi Constantiensis Concilii sententiae, qua HVSSITAE damnati sunt, constat. Quare uisum est mihi hu[n]c ea de re in lucem edere librum ut uidetur a doctis quibusdam scriptum Quo palam fiat uniuerso orbi, qua ex causa Hussitae damnati sint, & Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae celeberrimiq[ue] Concilii illibata maneat auctoritas. Lector animum affer liberum, ronchos, supercilium & rugas ablega ad Haereticorum Inquisitores

DE CAVSA BOEMICA. PAVLVS CONSTANTIVS. Vulgo refragari quosdam celeberrimi Constantiensis Concilii Quare uisum est mihi hu [n] c ea de re in lucem edere librim ut uidetur a doctis quibusdam scriptum Quo palam fiat uniuerso orbi, qua ex causa Hussitae damnati sint, & Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, celeberrimiq [ue] Concilii illibata maneat auctoritas:

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Jan Hus (/hʊs/; Czech: [ˈjan ˈɦus] ; c. 1369 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Hus is considered to be the first Church reformer, even though some designate the theorist John Wycliffe. His teachings had a strong influence, most immediately in the approval of a reformed Bohemian religious denomination and, over a century later, on Martin Luther.

After being ordained as a Catholic priest, Hus began to preach in Prague. He opposed many aspects of the Catholic Church in Bohemia, such as its views on ecclesiology, simony, the Eucharist, and other theological topics. Hus was a master, dean, and rector at the Charles University in Prague between 1409 and 1410.

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