Utraquists

The Utraquists ("Both-kinders") were moderate followers of Jan Hus, who maintained that the Eucharist should be administered to the people in both kinds, i.e., as both both bread and wine. Their emblem was the chalice. They were also known as the Prague Party or the Calixtenes, in opposition to the radical element, or Taborites.

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Jan Hus: Jan Hus (1369 Husinec, Southern Bohemia – July 6, 1415 Constance) was a religious thinker and reformer. He initiated a religious movement based on the ideas of John Wyclif. His followers became known as Hussites. The Catholic Church did not condone such uprisings, and Hus was excommunicated in...

Eucharist: The Eucharist is the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesus's instruction, as recounted in the New Testament (Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24-25), to do in memory of him what at his Last Supper he did when he gave his disciples bread, saying: "This is my body", and wine saying:"This is...

Bread: :For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation)....