Summary: This is the third episode in a series titled “The Long Road to Reform.” In our last episode we looked at The Conciliar movement that formed to end the Great Papal Schism and that so many hoped would be a permanent fixture for reform in the Church. But as well intentioned as the movement was, it ended up resurrecting the Schism. In its long battle with the Papacy, conciliarism eventually lost. We turn now to look at a reformer from Bohemia named John Hus; or more properly Jan Hus. Bohemia was an important part of the Holy Roman Empire; a sovereign state with its capital at Prague. Today, it roughly corresponds with the Czech Republic. It had a long history as a place of vibrant Christianity, especially monasticism. In 1383, Bohemia & England were linked by the marriage of Anne of Bohemia and the English King Richard II. With this union, students of both countries went back and forth between Oxford where John Wyclif was, and the schools of Prague. (more…)
