The Albigensian Crusade and Hussite Wars: The History of the Catholic Campaigns against Christian Minorities in Europe before the Protestant Reformation by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors [Editors, Charles River]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2021-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

As previously mentioned, there was not a singular, metamorphic “conversion experience” that opened his eyes to his own infirmities and the disappointing failings of the Church. According to Hus, “When the Lord gave me knowledge of Scriptures, I discharged from my foolish mind that kind of stupid fun-making, and in time, saw the light.” The majority of his biographers, however, believe that John Wycliffe played an instrumental role in steering Hus towards his ultimate path.

Wycliffe

Hus was first introduced to Wycliffe by Jerome of Prague, a close friend of his and a fellow martyr in the making, in 1402. Upon returning from his trip to England, Jerome loaned Hus a collection of Wycliffe's works, which he had painstakingly copied by hand while studying at Oxford University. Jerome proclaimed, “Young men and students who did not study the books of Wycliffe would never find the true root of knowledge.” Curiously, Jerome conveniently failed to mention the reformer's troubling reputation, namely that he had been branded a blasphemous heretic by the religious authorities in England. Even more concerning, Wycliffe's devotees were being forced to disavow the heretic, and those who refused were promptly executed.

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