John Hus (1372-1415)

Major work

•          De Ecclesia

Importance

•          Early Czech reformer

•          Attacked clerical abuses and immorality in the church

•          Excommunicated by Pope Alexander V in 1410

•          Held a blend of Protestant and Roman Catholic doctrines—argued against veneration of pope but accepted Purgatory; held to view similar to consubstantiation

•          Stressed preaching and a pure life

•          Was also a Bible translator

•          Was influenced by Wycliff’s ideas