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John Wyclif, Jan Hus and Martin Luther as apocalyptic prophets
Šárovcová, Martina
Illuminated music manuscripts created in 16th century Bohemia and Moravia for Utraquist literary brotherhoods represent a relatively rich collection of artefacts from the period before the Battle of White Mountain. The commonly illuminated incipits of these manuscripts also included introits dedicated to the feast of the Bohemian martyrs Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague. Several illuminations dating from the third quarter of the 16th century represent a richly documented iconography of Jan Hus. The first volume of the "Lesser Town Gradual" from the years 1569-1572 (Prague, National Library, sign. XVII A 3) also belongs to these manuscripts, due to its arrangement and selection of topics. Depicted in its bordure is John Wyclif striking a spark, Jan Hus lighting a candle with a twig and Martin Luther with a shining torch. With regard to the other lesser known literary and visual variants of the motifs of kindling light, the topic is interpreted in accordance with the interpretation of biblical verses in Chapter 11 of the New Testament´s Apocalypse about the calling of two witnesses and prophets at the beginning of the end of the world (The Book of Revelations 11, 3-4). The figures of John Wyclif, Jan Hus and Martin Luther can be interpreted in eschatological contexts of awaiting the second advent of Christ as apocalyptic prophets called by God and witnesses to the (Evangelical) truth who are bringing light to the darkness of the last time.
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Organization of the protest action against Hus's burning at the stake
Novotný, Robert
Based on a prosopographical analysis, the study attempts to capture the organizational context of the origin of the protest letter against Hus's burning at the stake from 2 September 1415. One of the main conclusions is that the majority of the signatories from the ranks of the lower nobility added their seals to the protest action rather from loyalty to their powerful neighbours than expressing their own confessional position.
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The use of apocalyptic figures in Jan Hus' work
Cermanová, Pavlína
The study focuses on the use of apocalyptic figures in the treatises and thinking of Jan Hus. The question if Hus could be perceived as an apocalyptic oriented theologian in in the centre of attention. The originally theologically defined hermeneutic tool of critic developed gradually into a means describing the actual situation of the fight against Antichrist. The apocalyptic concept was necessarily associated with Hus' ecclesiology.
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Jan Hus at Constance after 6 July 1415
Soukup, Pavel
This paper follows the sources and contexts in which John Hus appeared in the debates at the Council of Constance after his execution on 6 July 1415. In sermons and tracts, the figure of John Hus mainly served as a symbol of heresy. His teaching about the Church and the denial of papal supremacy were most often recalled from among his condemned theses. The Constance discourse about Hus after his burning at the stake laid the foundations to his negative reputation, which was to survive during the following phases of anti-Hussite polemics.
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