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    John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr
    John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr
    John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr
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    John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr

    By William Dallmann

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    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      John Hus A brief story of the life of a martyr - William Dallmann

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      Title: John Hus

      A brief story of the life of a martyr

      Author: William Dallmann

      Release Date: July 25, 2008 [EBook #26129]

      Language: English

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      JOHN HUS

      A BRIEF STORY OF THE LIFE

      OF A MARTYR

      by

      WILLIAM DALLMANN

      CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE

      SAINT LOUIS, MO.

      1915

      JOHN HUS

      CONTENTS.

      JOHN HUS

      BURNED JULY 6th. 1415

      I.

      The Youth of Hus.

      In a humble hamlet in the southern section of beautiful Bohemia near the Bavarian border of poor peasant parents was born a boy and called Jan—Hus was added from Husinec, his birthplace; some say he saw the light of day on July 6, 1373, but that is not certain.

      When about sixteen Hus went to the University of Prag, the first one founded in the German empire by Charles IV in 1348. Here he sang for bread in the streets, like Luther after him, and often had to go to sleep hungry on the bare ground.

      WHERE HUS WAS BORN

      Though many of the thousands of students from all parts of Europe were rowdies and immoral, the behavior of Hus was excellent and his diligence great. He took part in the rough sports; sometimes he played chess and even won money prizes. To the day of his death none of his many bitter enemies even so much as breathed a suspicion on his pure life. When pardons for sins were publicly sold during a jubilee in 1393, the devout young student gave up his last four pennies to secure this heavenly favor from the Pope.

      Jerome of Prag was a fellow student.

      In 1393, at a very early age, Hus was made a Bachelor of Arts; in 1394, a Bachelor of Theology; in 1396, a Master of Arts; like Melanchthon, he never took his degree as Doctor of Theology. In 1400, Hus was ordained a priest; in 1401, appointed Dean of the Philosophical Faculty; in 1402, chosen Rector of the University—at an unusually

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