Jan Hus

John XXIII connived to ensure that Czech reformer Jan Hus was burned at the stake—even as his own position became insecure.

How the Secular World Began Eric Ormsby 2011

When the Unitarian chalice symbol was designed by Hans Deutsch in the 1940s, it was intended to reflect both the altar flames of ancient pagan Greece and the communion chalice of the Hussite movement, a Protestant group founded by Jan Hus, who gave communion in both kinds bread and wine to his congregation; previously the laity were only allowed to receive the bread.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

So he fell back on his heroes, men like Jan Hus, the 15th-century Protestant martyr, who spoke out against the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church.

A True Martyr Luke Allnutt 2009

When the Unitarian chalice symbol was designed by Hans Deutsch in the 1940s, it was intended to reflect both the altar flames of ancient pagan Greece and the communion chalice of the Hussite movement, a Protestant group founded by Jan Hus, who gave communion in both kinds bread and wine to his congregation; previously the laity were only allowed to receive the bread.

Pagan tendencies in Unitarianism 2009

The setting is 1412 and the story begins in Prague when three young men, converts of the reformer Jan Hus, are executed for burning papal indulgences.

Blast from the Past: Loaded Questions with Brenda Rickman Vantrease, author of "The Illuminator" 2008

The setting is 1412 and the story begins in Prague when three young men, converts of the reformer Jan Hus, are executed for burning papal indulgences.

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

Jan Hus, a historical figure, a preacher and advocate of the translations, watches from a distance as the books burn and feels the heat of the flames, in a nice bit of foreshadowing, as not only books are being burned by the Holy Church of Rome.

Review of the The Mercy Seller, by Brenda Rickman Vantrease 2007

It was the success after failures of Jan Hus and other reformers to wrest control away from Rome.

Britannia Ruled the Waves 2007

Jan Hus, a historical figure, a preacher and advocate of the translations, watches from a distance as the books burn and feels the heat of the flames, in a nice bit of foreshadowing, as not only books are being burned by the Holy Church of Rome.

Archive 2007-05-01 2007

It was the killing of the reformer Jan Hus that had brought these events to pass.

The Black Angel John Connolly 2005