Jan Hus (/ h ʊ s /; Czech: [ˈjan ˈɦus] ⓘ; c. 1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal ...

Mar 7, 2025 · Jan Hus, the most important 15th-century Czech religious reformer, whose work anticipated the Lutheran Reformation by a full century. He was embroiled in the bitter controversy of the Western Schism and was convicted of heresy at the Council of Constance.

Nov 16, 2021 · Jan Hus (also John Huss, l. c. 1369-1415) was a Czech philosopher, priest, and theologian who, inspired by the work of John Wycliffe (l. 1330-1384) challenged the policies and practices of the medieval Church and so launched the Bohemian Reformation. When he refused to recant his views, he was arrested and burned at the stake in 1415.

Jul 31, 2023 · Over 500 years after the tragic event, Pope John Paul II came to the homeland of Jan Hus and apologized for the cruel death inflicted on him (see pg. 4). Here is the story behind that sad yet triumphant episode in church history.

Aug 9, 2018 · Jan Hus chose to burn at the stake over recanting his beliefs. Learn how this Czech pastor's teachings rose from ashes in the Protestant Reformation.

Dec 1, 2015 · Thomas Fudge, the foremost English-speaking scholar on Hus, articulates it more firmly: “Jan Hus was a medieval Catholic reformer rather than a premature Protestant.” 9 Hus held to the traditional Western Catholic teachings on transubstantiation, belief in purgatory, and intercession to the Virgin Mary. 10 Yet Hus was a significant reformer ...

Jan Hus (c. 1369 – 6 July 1415), often referred to in English as John Hus or John Huss, was a Czech priest, philosopher, early Christian reformer and Master at Charles University in Prague. After John Wycliffe, the theorist of ecclesiastical Reformation, Hus is considered the first Church reformer, as he lived before Luther, Calvin and Zwingli.

Jan Hus, or Jan Huss, (born c. 1370, Husinec, Bohemia—died July 6, 1415, Konstanz), Bohemian religious reformer. He studied and taught at the University of Prague, where he was influenced by John Wycliffe. As rector of the university from 1402, he became leader of a reform movement that criticized the corruption of the Roman Catholic clergy.

The fifteenth-century church reformer Jan Hus is known as much for his controversial execution at the Council of Constance in 1415 as he is for his teachings. His legacy for the Protestant Reformation remains that of a controversial late medieval pastor who sought the reform of the church in his lands.

Jan Hus was the leading religious reformer in Czech history and a major player in the Bohemian Reformation. His thoughts and deeds were pivotal in the development of the Protestant Reformation and other religious reform movements throughout history.