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Václav Melissaeus Lounský
Václav Melissaeus Lounský (also known as Václav Meduna Lounský; – 4 March 1631) was an Utraquist Hussite teacher and priest in Bohemia. Biography Václav Melissaeus Lounský was born around 1573 in Louny. He was the son of Václav Melissaeus Krtský (1540–1578) and nephew of Jakub Melissaeus Krtský (1554–1599). After his father's death, he lived with his guardian and uncle Jakub in Pelhřimov and Kutná Hora in the 1580s. He was later educated at Latin schools in Louny (until 1592) and Chrudim. On 21 September 1593, his sister married the writer Václav Stříbrský, son of the late Peter. From 1594, he studied at Prague's Utraquist University (at the ''Collegium sanctissimae virginis Mariae domus nationis Bohemicae''), today's Charles University, where he received a bachelor's degree on 12 July 1595. Thanks to the recommendation of his uncle Jakub, he worked for about a year at the archdeaconry school in Kutná Hora after completing his bachelor's degree. From th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utraquism
Utraquism (from the Latin ''sub utraque specie'', meaning "under both kinds"), also called Calixtinism (from chalice; Latin: ''calix'', borrowed from Greek ''kalyx'', "shell, husk"; Czech: ''kališníci''), was a belief amongst Hussites, a pre-Protestant reformist Christian movement in fifteenth century Bohemia that communion under both kinds (both the consecrated host and the precious blood, as opposed to the consecrated host alone) should be administered to the laity during the celebration of the Eucharist. Communion in both kinds was a principal dogma of the Hussites and one of the Four Articles of Prague. After the Hussite movement split into various factions early in the Hussite Wars, Hussites that emphasized the laity's right to communion under both kinds became known as Moderate Hussites, Utraquist Hussites, or simply Utraquists. The Utraquists were the largest Hussite faction. History Utraquism was a Christian dogma first proposed by Jacob of Mies, professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
