Hussite

The Hussites comprised an early Protestant

Calixtines or Utraquists, and Taborites

The views of the moderate Hussites were

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represented at the university and among the citizens of

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Prague; therefore they were called

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the Prague party; they were also

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called Calixtines or Utraquists, because

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they emphasized the second article,

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and the chalice became their emblem.

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The radicals had their gathering-place

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in the small town of Usti, on the river Luznice,

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south of Prague. But as the place was not

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defensible, they founded a city upon a neighboring hill,

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which they called Tabor; hence they were called

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Taborites. They comprised the essential force of

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Hussism. Their aim was to destroy the enemies

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of the law of God, and to extend his kingdom by

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the sword. For the latter purpose they waged

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bloody wars, for the former purpose they established

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a strict jurisdiction, inflicting the severest

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punishment not only upon heinous crimes like murder and

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adultery, but also upon faults like perjury and

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usury, and tried to apply the conditions required

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in the law of God to the social relations of the world.

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