1369–1415
John Huss

Introduction

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Born: 1369, Hus­in­etz, Sou­thern Bo­he­mia (now Hus­in­ec, Czech­ia).

Died: Ju­ly 6, 1415, Con­stance.

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Biography

Hus moved to Prague as a boy, and be­gan sing­ing and stu­dy­ing at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Prague (BA 1393, MA 1396).

He was or­dained in 1400, and served as uni­ver­si­ty rec­tor, 1402–03.

A re­form­er and ad­mir­er of John Wyc­liff, Hus came in­to con­flict with re­li­gious au­thor­i­ties. He was ex­com­mu­ni­cat­ed in 1410, and burned at the stake for her­e­sy in 1415.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Jesus Chris­tus, Nos­tra Sal­us (at­trib­ut­ed, pos­si­bly in­cor­rect­ly)
    • Christ Je­sus, Our Re­deem­er Born
    • Christ Who Freed Our Souls from Dan­ger
    • Jesus Christ, Our Bles­sed Sav­ior
    • Jesus Christ, Our Sav­iour
    • Jesus Christ, Our True Sal­va­tion
    • Jesus Christ—The Lamb of God
    • Jesus Chris­tus un­ser Hei­land
    • Lord Je­sus Christ, to Thee We Pray
    • Our Sav­ior Christ, King of Grace
    • Our Sav­ior Christ, by His Own Death
    • To Av­ert from Men God’s Wrath

Music

  1. Iosco