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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) XXIII.: To the Same 1 ( Without date: January ( ? ) 1413) - The Letters of John Hus
XXIII.: To the Same 1 ( Without date: January ( ? ) 1413) - Jan Huss, The Letters of John Hus [1904]Edition used:The Letters of John Hus. With Introductions and Explanatory Notes by Herbert B. Workman and R. Martin Pope (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904).
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- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I.—: Letters Written Before the Death of Archbishop Zbinek ( June 30, 1408— September 28, 1411)
- Letter I: To Zbinek, Archbishop of Prague ( Undated: June 30, 1408; Prague )
- Letter II: To the Nuns of a Certain Convent ( Undated: September 1408?)
- Letter III: To Zbinek, Archbishop of Prague ( Undated: Early December 1408)
- Letter IV: To Master Zawissius, Rector of Prachaticz ( Late Autumn, 1408)
- Letter V: To the People of Laun 1 ( Undated: About 1410)
- Letter VI: The Letter of Richard Wyche ( London: September 8, 1410)
- Letter VII: To a Certain Monk ( January 18, 1411)
- Letter VIII: To John Barbatus and the People of Chrumnaw ( May 25, 1411)
- IX.: To John XXIII., The Roman Pontiff 1 ( September 1, 1411)
- X.: To the College of Cardinals ( Without Date: Early In September 1411)
- Part II.—: From the Death of Zbinek to the Exile of Hus ( September 1411— September 1412)
- XI.: To the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Bohemia ( Undated: December 1411)
- XII.: To the People of Pilsen 1 ( Undated: March ( ? ) 1412)
- XIII.: To Ladislaus, King of Poland ( June 10, 1412 1 )
- XIV.: To the Brethren of the Monastery of Dolein, In Moravia ( Undated: Summer 1412)
- XV.: To Masters Martin and Nicolas Miliczin ( Undated: August ( ? ) 1412)
- Part III.—: Letters Written During the Exile of Hus ( September 1412— August 1414)
- XVI.: To the People of Prague. ( Without Date: Early In October 1412).
- XVII.: To the Same. ( Without Date: Early In October 1412)
- XVIII.: To the Same ( Without Date: October ( ? ) 1412)
- XIX.: To the Same ( Without Date: October 1412)
- XX.: To the Faithful Bohemians ( Without Date: December 1412 1 )
- XXI.: To the People of Prague ( Without Date: December 1412)
- XXII.: To the Same ( December 25, 1412)
- XXIII.: To the Same 1 ( Without Date: January ( ? ) 1413)
- XXIV.: To the Same ( Without Date: January ( ? ) 1413)
- XXV.: To the Synod of Prague In the Year 1413 ( Without Date: After February 6, 1413 1 )
- XXVI.: To Master Christian of Prachaticz, Rector of the University of Prague. ( Without Date: Early 1413)
- XXVII.: To the Same ( Without Date: After April 1413 5 )
- XXVIII.: To the Same ( Without Date: After April 1413)
- XXIX.: To the Same ( Without Date: 1413)
- XXX.: To the Same ( Without Date: End of April ( ? ) 1413 1 )
- XXXI.: To Master John Sybart 2 In the University of Vienna ( July 1, 1413)
- XXXII.: To the People of Prague ( Without Date: Early In 1414 1 )
- Part IV.—: Letters Written On the Journey to Constance ( August—november, 1414.)
- Notice to the Synod
- Appeal to the Court
- XXXIII.: To Sigismund, King of the Romans and of Hungary ( Prague: September 1, 1414)
- XXXIV.: To His Bohemian Friends On Starting For Constance ( Without Place: Near Krakowec; Without Date: October 12, 1414)
- XXXV.: To Master Martin, His Disciple 2 ( Prague, Beginning of October 1414)
- XXXVI.: To His Bohemian Friends ( Nuremberg, October 20, 1414)
- XXXVII.: To the Same ( Constance, November 4, 1414)
- XXXVIII.: To the Same ( Constance, November 6, 1414)
- XXXIX.: To the Faithful Bohemians 1 ( Constance, November 16, 1414)
- Part V.—: Letters Written During the Imprisonment At the Blackfriars ( November 16, 1414— March 24, 1415)
- Xl.: to the People of Prague 1 ( Blackfriars, January 19, 1415)
- Xli.: to John of Chlum ( Blackfriars, Without Date: January 1415)
- Xlii.: to John of Chlum ( Blackfriars, Without Date: February 1415)
- Xliii.: to Peter Mladenowic ( Without Date: February 1415)
- Xliv.: to John of Chlum ( Undated: February 1415)
- Xlv.: to the Same ( Without Date: February, 1415)
- Xlvi.: to His Friends At Constance ( Without Date: End of February 1415)
- Xlvii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: February 28 ( ? ), 1415)
- Xlviii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: March 4, 1415)
- Xlix.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: March 6 Th, 1415 3 )
- L.: to His Friends ( Without Date: Middle March 1415)
- Li.: to His Friends After the Pope’s Flight ( Without Date: March 21, 1415)
- Lii.: to the Same ( March 24, 1415)
- Part VI.—: Letters Written From the Franciscan Friary ( June 5, 1415— July 6, 1415)
- Liii.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: Morning, June 5, 1415)
- Liv.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: June 5, 1415)
- Lv.: to John of Chlum ( Without Date: June 6, 1415)
- Lvi.: to Peter Mladenowic ( Without Date: June 6, 1415)
- Lvii.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: June 7, 1415 1 )
- Lviii.: to His Friends In Constance ( Without Date: June 8, 1415)
- Lix.: to the Same ( Without Date: June 9 Or 10, 1415 2 )
- Lx.: to His Friends Staying On In Constance ( Without Date: After June 8, 1415)
- Lxi.: to Henry Skopek De Duba ( Without Date: June 9, 1415 1 )
- Lxii.: to a Friend ( June 9, 1415)
- Lxiii.: to His Bohemian Friends ( Without Date: Shortly After June 8, 1415)
- Lxiv.: to All the People of Bohemia 5 ( June 10, 1415)
- Lxv.: to Henry Skopek De Duba 1 ( June 13, 1413)
- Lxvi.: to Master Martin, His Disciple 1 ( June 16, 1415)
- Lxvii.: Master John Hus to the “father” ( Without Date: Middle of June )
- Lxviii.: Master John Hus to the “father” ( Without Date: Middle of June 1415)
- Lxix.: to His Friends In Constance ( Without Date: After June 18, 1415)
- Lxx.: to His Friends In Constance ( June 21, 1415)
- Lxxi.: to Gallus (hawlik 1 ), Preacher In the Bethlehem ( June 21, 1415)
- Lxxii.: to Master Christian ( Without Date: About June 22, 1415)
- Lxxiii.: to His Friends At Constance ( June 23, 1415)
- Lxxiv.: to the Faithful Bohemians 1 ( June 24, 1415)
- Lxxv.: to His Bohemian Friends ( Without Date: June 24 Or 25, 1415)
- Lxxvi.: to the Faithful Bohemians 5 ( June 26, 1415)
- Lxxvii.: to the Same ( June 27, 1415)
- Lxxviii.: to the University of Prague ( June 27, 1415)
- Lxxix.: to Barons Wenzel De Duba and John of Chlum ( Undated: ? Middle Or End of June )
- Lxxx.: to John of Chlum ( June 29, 1415)
- Lxxxi.: to Wenzel De Duba ( June 29, 1415)
- Lxxxii.: to His Friends In Bohemia 3 ( June 29, 1415)
- Hus’s Final Declaration ( July 1, 1415)
- Appendix A: a Doubtful Letter of Hus
XXIII.
To the Same
(Without date: January (?) 1413)
Master John Hus, priest and servant in hope of the Lord Jesus Christ, to all the faithful ones that hear His word in the city of Prague: grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear friends, I beseech you to fail not through weariness, because I am not with you and because of my excommunication, if they carry it out. I, indeed, trust in the kindness of the Saviour that all this will work out for good both to myself and you alike. Only let us guard ourselves from sin and be deeply concerned about those who thwart God and His word, supposing that they are doing right after the manner of the Jews, who crucified Christ and stoned St. Stephen: of whom Christ, nay St. Stephen also, saith: They know not what they do. Am I hurt at all because in a blasphemous back-hand fashion they preach a crusade against me, make a covenant with Judas, throw stones at the Host, and so beget vexation for themselves? May the Lord God grant that they do not excommunicate themselves. They planned out these devices in order to frighten the simple and lead them away just as they pleased; but the Lord Almighty will give the faithful to know what it all means, so that they may recognise that it is a mere invention of their minds and not a command from the Lord: so that also they may pray for those who are in error and proclaim that they will be excommunicated of God: only they must not behave in God’s temple in this blasphemous way towards those who do them no harm. They pick up stones not knowing what they mean by so doing; but they throw stones, as is recorded in their own writings, in memory of the eternal damnation of Dathan and Abyron, who thrust themselves into the priesthood, though of inferior dignity; and who therefore by their overthrow foreshadow the overthrow of all priests that have thrust themselves into the priesthood for the sake of riches, luxuries, and honours. They make a covenant with the sons of Judas, so that they become notable sons of Judas themselves. They are all guilty of simony, excommunicated of God, Who looks upon those whose own downfall will be caused by the excommunication they themselves pronounce. And seeing that there is a multitude of people excommunicated of God, therefore it is, dear friends, that we should flee His excommunication and entreat His grace, that it may please Him to keep us in His benediction. Any other excommunication cannot harm us one whit: but rather will the Bishop Who is above all bishops grant us His benediction, saying: Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Which benediction, dear friends, let us pray for, seek, and await by living good lives, that we may withal abide for ever in infinite joy, through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is God and man, blessed for ever. Amen.
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