John Huss
In a recent poll, the Czech people voted John Huss as one of the people they most admired. John Huss was born in Bohemia in 1371. He was a Catholic Priest and Rector of Charles University in Prague. He also preached to the poor in the chapel of Bethlehem in Prague. Huss translated Wycliffe's works into Czech; and exposed superstitions, fraudulent miracles and the sale of indulgences within the Catholic Church.
In 1414 Huss was summoned to the Council of Constance to answer false charges of heresy. Although guaranteed safety, Huss was burned at the stake in 1415 after a mockery of a trial. After Huss's martyrdom his followers organized military resistance to the Holy Roman Empire and fought under Huss's motto: "truth prevails".
Today, the Czech Republic has adopted "Truth Prevails" as their national motto. The Czech people pride themselves as being intellectual seekers of truth. Today, a new revolution is needed in the Czech Republic. Not a violent or velvet revolution, but a revolution of the soul. This movement is in need of a new kind of revolutionary - men and women who have had a life-transforming encounter with the God of Truth and who infiltrate business, villages, neighborhoods, cafe's and the public square with the message of freedom!
There is much work to do in the Czech Republic. Communism, secularism and materialism have a firm grip on the heart and soul of the Czech people. But planted strategically in this atheist country there is a small band of Christ followers quietly preparing an uprising. God is on the move and He is at work in the lives of people. The wind of the Spirit of Truth is beginning to stir. The battle is on. The enemy is engaged. Truth prevails!
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your law. I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free. Psalm 119:30, 32
1 comment:
I love this article you wrote about John Hess.
Coming from a Lutheran background, I have always been aware of Martin Luther's contribution to the move away from Catholicism. But I did not know about John Hess until I did some research two years ago on the History of the church in the Czech Republic.
In fact, I believe Martin Luther got some of his ideas from John Hess.
In 1722 the Moravian chuch moved to Germany to avoid persecution from the Catholic Church.
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Moravian.html
Another interresting this is that the Moravian Church is also related to the United Brethren Church.
Praise God that His Truth Does Prevail!
2 Timothy 2:9 "But the word of God cannot be chained."
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