Jan Hus

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14th-15th CenturyBohemiareformation

Czech priest and reformer; influenced by Wycliffe, martyred at Council of Constance for challenging papal authority.

Theological Positions

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Limbo exists for unbaptized infants.

Afterlife / Disagree

Prayers for the dead can help them.

Afterlife / Strongly Disagree

Soul sleep occurs between death and resurrection.

Afterlife / Disagree

The intermediate state is conscious.

Afterlife / Agree

There are degrees of reward in heaven.

Afterlife / agree

Angels are real spiritual beings.

Angels & Demons / stronglyAgree

Christians can and should cast out demons.

Angels & Demons / agree

Satan is a real, personal being. Not just a symbol of evil or force.

Angels & Demons / stronglyAgree

Church tradition is equal to Scripture in authority.

Bible / stronglyDisagree

Modern science and Scripture can be fully reconciled.

Bible / agree

Writings

Commentary on Sentences

Academic commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences composed during Hus’s teaching at Prague University, reflecting early reform ideas.

Source: Commentary on the Sentences

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On Simony

Treatise condemning the sale of church offices and spiritual privileges, urging a return to apostolic poverty.

Source: On Simony

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On the Church

Treatise asserting that the true church consists of the predestined and that Christ, not the pope, is its head; challenges abuses of ecclesiastical power.

Source: On the Church (De Ecclesia)

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