Four Articles of Prague

Bohemian religion

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In Hussite
…Sigismund had he accepted the Four Articles of Prague that Jakoubek had formulated: (1) freedom of preaching; (2) communion in both kinds; (3) poverty of the clergy and expropriation of church property; (4) punishment of notorious sinners. In 1420, however, Sigismund, who had failed to get possession of Prague, published…
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In Czechoslovak history: The Hussite wars
…which became known as the Four Articles of Prague, stressed that (1) the word of God should be preached freely, (2) Communion should be administered in both kinds (i.e., both bread and wine, rather than bread only) to laypersons as well as to clerics, (3) worldly possessions of the clergy…
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