John Huss: The Witness
Overview
The influence of John Huss was not only exerted upon his immediate followers; Martin Luther himself tells how great that influence was on the Reformation that he himself set in motion. “In my opinion John Huss bought with his own blood the gospel which we now possess.” A precursor to the Reformation of the sixteenth century, Huss is perhaps best represented in an early Moravian hymnbook picture showing Wycliffe seizing a torch, Huss lighting it, and Luther holding it on high. Huss’ heroic death is the heritage of all mankind, and Kuhns’ account of this extraordinary life is depicted in these nine chapters: • Forerunners of the Reformation • Political, Social, and Religious Conditions in Bohemia • Early Life and Activity of Huss • Huss and the Roman Hierarchy • Huss in Exile • Huss Goes to Constance • Imprisonment, Trial, and Death of Huss • The Wars of the Hussites • Conclusion
Top Highlights
“First of all must we learn that which is most necessary to salvation, that which stimulates us to love; for we should learn not for vainglory or curiosity, but to the edification of ourselves and our neighbor, and to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. There are some who wish to know in order that they may be known of men, and that is degrading vanity; there are others who wish to know for the sake of knowing, and that is curiosity; and there are still others who wish to know in order to sell their knowledge for wealth and honor, and that is ignoble desire for gain. But there are likewise some who desire to know in order to edify, and that is love; and still others who desire to know in order to be edified themselves, and that is wisdom.’” (Pages 41–42)
“Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will reward me plentifully, and will give me in my trials the help of patience.” (Page 128)
“he was the last of the forerunners of the Reformation” (Page 10)
“Christ suffered for His beloved; should we wonder then that He has left us His example, in order that we endure patiently ourselves all things for our own salvation. He is God and we are His creatures; He is the Lord and we are His servants; He is the master of the world and we are insignificant mortals; He has need of nothing, we are destitute of all; He has suffered, why should we not suffer likewise, especially when suffering is for us a purification?” (Pages 99–100)
“the only condition for the salvation of man is to be born again of the spirit by faith in Jesus Christ” (Page 37)
- Title: John Huss: The Witness
- Author: Oscar Kuhns
- Series: Men of the Kingdom
- Publishers: Jennings and Graham, Eaton and Mains
- Print Publication Date: 1907
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Hus, Jan, 1369?-1415
- Resource ID: LLS:JHUSSWITNESS
- Resource Type: text.monograph.biography
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:56:41Z