Brachatitz, to appear before the Council of Constance, which will meet there shortly, so that he can answer to the church fathers for his loose talks, teachings and preachings. There you should have heard, dear Nikolai, the interpretation of the parable of the haughty. Do you know what happened, according to the testimony of the apostle to the man and woman, who denied their inheritance.
Three times the bells rang to announce the importance of the day and work stopped everywhere. Then he had to stand on a new-fashioned platform erected in the middle of the ship. Furthermore it happened: In the said hour of the night Erlo went to the prisoner and urged him to escape, for everything was in readiness.
The bridle was braided with beautiful ringlets, adorned with beautiful shells from the depths of the sea. He is also a knight of the Bohemian King Wenceslaus and a devoted student and follower of Hus. The lords of the church were clothed in all the emblems and vestments of their station.
So Hus was brought in, again clothed in priestly robes, and led to a stool which stood in the middle of the church, on which the chair had stood.
The accused does not believe in the transsubstantiation;
When all the front seats were filled, many more were admitted to the church, those who cared to listen, and there were not a few. After a while a royally dressed trumpeter sounded a call under the portal of the church, and the emperor entered proudly with many nobles, dressed in costly robes. Then the chronicler rose, read the enumerated charges, of which there were forty-seven, to Hus, and of these he laid stress on six serious articles, which were:.
And as no one can really make blood out of water and wine, so no one can make flesh out of flour dough; such presumptuousness of priests is sinful, ungodly and worthy. Until I can be proven wrong from Scripture, I will stand by my argument. Second: “I am accused of not believing in the Pope and in his infallibility as regards creeds, just as I find little or no consolation in the veneration of the saints.
And what shall I say of the absolution by a (cruel) priest, such as those who sit in the confessional cells by the hundreds, with a heart soaked in iniquity and filled with gross and ignorant thoughts. Those who, out of sheer laziness, do not know how to pass the time of day, how to get to a hunting meeting, egg hunt, cock dance, St. It is almost a crying need for God to send His son again from heaven, so that He would breathe into them once more of the Holy Spirit and.
Do not the popes curse those who break away from the Church and excommunicate them and call them lovers of the church, who kill the condemned. Is it simply that the priest receives a confession as a holy and inviolable sacrament; but if anything harmful against the superiors is heard in the confession, the chambers of the sanctuary must be opened. Only for the reason that the clergy, from the papal violet to the habit of the ministering brother, may not give up so much as a grain of dust, and that sin and lust may continue unhindered.
But when my eyes saw the capital of the staff, amazement filled my foolish heart. Instead of the mild, fatherly image of the superior prince of the church, I saw four men. But it is not only the Pope who exhibits such treasures, several other princes of the Church do so as well.
How can such priests of Baal still impart the Holy Spirit by prayer or laying on of hands as was done in the days of the apostles. Then the chairman announced the end of the session and ordered the continuation of the council until the afternoon. They demanded a vote to decide what to do with Hus and demanded to know what the Emperor thought of the arch-heretic's defense and speech.
I looked like the blind man who sat by the roadside and heard Jesus, but whose eyes did not see him. I have come to you to ascertain how you will vote today, before the day is over, for or against the life of the.
Shall John Hus of Hussinetz in Bohemia, on account of his reforms and doctrines, be adjudged an heretic?
But soon the bells called us back to the church and only through a narrow lane, which the soldiers kept open, could we get to our seats. Now the chairman rises, bows deeply and many times before the emperor and before the assembled fathers. After that he read the name, station, and residence of each elector, also the names of those who had sent them to Constance, whether it was a town, a principality, a county, or an Imperial Abbey, and the judges widely and syd announced, after they had answered the roll call.
This happened for this reason: the enemies of the Bohemians were sure of reaching their goal on this very day, for the logs for the fire had already been cut and were soaked with pitch, the work of Ammon Weikhli of Graubuenden, to whom it was a happy task, to arrange the performance.
Have the fathers, assembled in council at Constance, in the name of the Holy Father and Emperor, the right and the power to determine the
What punishment shall be meted out to Hus for his blasphemy of the Pope and the holy sacraments?
Whenever this is done, I will praise the customs of the Church with all my might.” Sigismund repeatedly asked the Czech, urgently and in good faith, to resign. Richard Rudolf, governor of Franconia, delegate for his brother, Elector of Brandenburg: All the prayers of the priests in the world would not redeem the innocently shed blood of a brother. But the life of a single person can become a danger to the institutions of the world, and in such a case his sacrifice is a benefit to society.
Abandoned by his friends, having been thrown out of the church, he hanged himself at the gate of the Ursuline convent, behind which he believed my mother was. Listen to his words and rise up from destruction, before the waters of retribution rise above your heads. Vincent Ferrerius was the last of the Latins who spoke for the salvation of noble Bohemia, although he was the former confessor of Pope Benedict.
He moaned to Sigismund: “O emperor, you have earned praise from the mouths of infants and little children. Fifteen months ago I left you to defend what I taught you, before the assembled fathers of the council in Constance. My food was gruel, think and salt, my drink was little water and the light of the day was darkened for me.
Rumor spread that the prisoner had been offered escape, but he did not take advantage of the offer because his conscience was against it. Be that as it may, on the morning of the sixth Hus rose early and sang several psalms. Behold, we take this chalice from you and rob you of the grace and salvation of the church.
The city's soldiers had formed a wide circle in front of the church portal, into which the expelled man was led. This made many people thirsty, and they drank a great deal of the wine that was freely distributed. At this moment Ludewig, the Elector of the Palatinate, rode up and begged Hus with zeal to recant, that he might be spared a death in the flames.
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