. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. ly was called, and near fivehundred nobles and gentlemen signeda defiant address, settingforth their belief in theorthodoxy and integrity ofHuss, and in the injusticeof his conviction and execu-tion ; their regrets for hisfriend Jerome, whom theysupposed to have been like-wise dealt with ; and theiranger against the liars andtraitors, who had accusedtheir country of anythingwrong. A yet more revolu-tionary document announcedthat foreign excommunica-tions and interdicts wo
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. ly was called, and near fivehundred nobles and gentlemen signeda defiant address, settingforth their belief in theorthodoxy and integrity ofHuss, and in the injusticeof his conviction and execu-tion ; their regrets for hisfriend Jerome, whom theysupposed to have been like-wise dealt with ; and theiranger against the liars andtraitors, who had accusedtheir country of anythingwrong. A yet more revolu-tionary document announcedthat foreign excommunica-tions and interdicts would not be regarded ; that priests should have freedomto preach the gospel; and that bishops should not disturb them except whenthey taught amiss. The council could not recede, and this defiance could only increase thedanger of Jerome of Prague, then a prisoner in its hands. The name of thissingular man is inextricably linked with that of Huss, whose views, efforts, andfate he shared, though their characters were widely different. Far less steadyand blameless, Jerome was far more versatile and brilliant. In ancient or. JEROME OF PRAGUE. 264 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. modern times literature, science, or some other secular field would have claimedhis energies, rather than the Church ; but in that age religion was the only-resource of a scholar. Of mercurial temper and highly nervous organization, hewas adventurous, audacious, and often reckless. At once more learned and moreradical than his master, he had taken degrees at Paris, Cologne, Heidelberg,and Cracow, and copied some of Wiclits books at Oxford. He had traveledalmost everywhere, even in the Holy Land. He was a fiery preacher/ and haddone missionary work in Hungary, Poland, and Russia. Wherever he went hecarried the new doctrines, and, urging them with more zeal than prudence, wasexpelled from most of the countries he visited, as earlier from the University ofParis. In England and Vienna he was imprisoned as a heretic
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