Hus' Place in Classic Evangelical Theology

The article presents the preliminary results of research on references to Jan Hus in 27 Protestant handbooks of doctrine from the 16th and 17th centuries. The image of the Prague reformer provided by these writings without special historiographical interest is remarkably vivid. Although many of the motifs repeat often and sound like clichés at first glance, a closer look demonstrates that they have been painstakingly adjusted into continuing new connections. Illustrative material has been collected portraying Hus as a judicial victim. The subsequent exposition demonstrates that Hus often came into play as an active player. He partially appears as a theological authority, but above all as an epochal appearance fitting into the Evangelical theology of history and serving the self-understanding of Reformed churches.

Keywords: Evangelical Theology; the 16th Century; the 17th Century;Jan Hus (1369-1415);