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The Bohemian reformer Jan Hus made a substantial and critical
contribution to the development of the medieval church, owing
especially to his views and teachings on Scripture, the church,
faith, conscience, and spirituality. This book offers a
presentation of Hus's theological commitment centered on his
understanding of truth. Lasek and Franklin explore Hus's preaching
ministry and his long-drawn-out legal struggle against charges of
heresy as ethical outworkings of this approach to truth. Central to
this exploration is a new annotated translation of Hus's Appeal to
Jesus Christ as the Supreme Judge against the pope and canon law.
This document was not only a protest against papal power, but
expressed a fundamentally new legal situation: in bypassing canon
law, it essentially represented a personal claim to freedom of
conscience. This unheard-of principle from within the medieval
legal framework preceded other related ecclesiastical and legal
developments by several centuries. The authors argue that Hus's
appeal thus represents a momentous event in church history and
European history as a whole. Due to the historical significance of
his martyrdom and commemoration by many churches throughout Europe,
this book demonstrates that Hus remains an important figure not
only for the study of European history, but also for understanding
contemporary values of Western civilization.
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