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Definition of John Huss
1. Noun. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415).
Generic synonyms: Crusader, Meliorist, Reformer, Reformist, Social Reformer
Lexicographical Neighbors of John Huss
Literary usage of John Huss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1872)
"John Huss AND THE ... two which have been, and still are being, carried on with
considerable vehemence in Bohemia, with regard to the celebrated John Huss. ..."
2. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1896)
"... would build up the Church in the spirit of Paul.1 In the same rank with
Wickliffe stands the name 01 John Huss.2 Before him in Bohemia there had ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"... OF John Huss IN BOHEMIA. UNTIL very lately the study of the history and
literature of Bohemia was an all but forbidden subject to Bohemians. ..."
4. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"235 seq.; Gillett, Life and Times of John Huss (1871); the works of Van der Hardt
and Lenfant upon the Council of Constance; L. Krummel, Geschichte d. ..."
5. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"The affair of John Huss came next upon the carpet. John, as had been already
observed, had imbibed the opinions of Wickliffe, and converted to his own way ..."
6. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"... and returned in AD 1402 an enthusiastic adherent 1 Gillet, " Life and Times
of John Huss." Boston, 2 vole., 1870. Wratislaw, " John Huss. ..."
7. Manual of Universal Church History by Johannes Baptist Alzog (1876)
"(Master John Huss' complete works, in the Bohemian language), published, for the
first time, ... Henke, John Huss and the Synod of Constance, Brl. 1869. ..."
8. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"The affair of John Huss formed the next subject of discussion. ... After the
execution of John Huss, the council resumed the affair of Peter de Luna, ..."
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