Saturday, August 10, 2019

The Transitional Stage to Reformation: HUSS

And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Daniel 11:33

"Considering the long road of reform in the church, “the reformatory demands of John Huss should not be treated as a
sporadic and isolated effort on the part of a single individual, but an integral part of an organized movement of which his very judges at the Council of Constance were outstanding representations. Huss’ work therefore may be regarded as a transitional stage from the earlier medieval period to the Reformation and thus provides a link between the old and the new reform movement.” (Matthew Spinka, John Huss: A Biography)

Yet if Huss was not the first of the new dispensation, he was the most influential, as he was the last of the forerunners of the Reformation. He was literally the morning star which led the way to the full daylight of evangelistic doctrine, which through the influence of Luther has spread over the whole world.” (Oscar Kuhns, John Huss: The Witness)"
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