Jan hus short biography
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John Huss (Jan Hus) was born in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) in about He received a master's degree from Charles University in Prague in , became a professor of theology in , was ordained to the priesthood in , was made rector of the University in , and in received a bachelor's degree in theology (presumably a more advanced degree than the term suggests today).
In his day, there was a crisis of authority in the Western Church. In , under pressure from the King of France, the seat of the Popes was move from Rome to Avignon in France, where it remained for 70 years.
Jan hus short biography
(This period is called the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy, suggesting the 70 years that Jerusalem lay desolate after when the Jews were deported to Babylon.) In , the then pope returned to Rome. When he died soon after, the cardinals, mostly French, were disposed to elect a French Pope, but the people of Rome objected, fearing that a Frence Pope would move the Papacy back to France.
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