Question

What criticism did Jan Hus have about the Roman Catholic Church?

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) That the selling of indulgences to everyday citizens was a sinful practice.

The criticism that Jan Hus had about the Roman Catholic Church was that the selling of indulgences to everyday citizens was a sinful practice.

Jan Hus (1372-1415) was theologian from Czechoslovakia whose ideas were aimed to reform the Church. Indeed he was the precursor of the Bohemian Reformation in Medieval times. Hus believed that no pope or priest had the right to kill in the name of God or sell indulgences because that was cheating on people and represented a sin.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. That the selling of indulgences to everyday citizens was a sinful practice

Explanation:

Jan Hus, was a Czech theologian and philosopher, rector of the Carolina University in Prague. As a reformer and preacher he is considered one of the precursors of the Protestant Reformation. His followers are known as Hussites. He died burned at the stake after being condemned for heresy at the Council of Constance.

Hus stated that the true Church was invisible and that all those who belong to the Church are its members. The Roman church has an eminent role, but it is not the true Church of Christ, since it taught that only Christ was the head of the Church. He preached that Jesus Christ was the true Stone and not Peter, and said that the pope, with his corruption and his many sins and errors that he taught to people, was the incarnation of the antichrist. Hus's criticisms are directed mainly at Antipope John XXIII, successor of Alexander V, to whom the King of Bohemia had given his obedience. To finance the war against Ladislaus, John XXIII promulgated the preaching of indulgences in Bohemia. The public demonstration of Hus caused the mistrust of the preachers sent by the antipope, which was mainly due to the fact that they were only interested in money and little to explain well the meaning of indulgences to the faithful.