10 Facts About Bohemian Reformation

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Bohemian Reformation, preceding the Reformation of the 16th century, was a Christian movement in the late medieval and early modern Kingdom and Crown of Bohemia striving for a reform of the Roman Catholic Church.

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The Bohemian Reformation produced the first national church separate from Roman authority in the history of Western Christianity, the first apocalyptic religious movement of the early modern period, and the first pacifist Protestant church.

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Bohemian Reformation included several theological strains that developed over time.

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Bohemian Reformation remained distinct from the German and Swiss Reformations despite their influence, although many Czech Utraquists grew closer and closer to the Lutherans.

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The Bohemian Reformation kept its own development until the suppression of the Bohemian Revolt in 1620.

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The Bohemian Reformation ended up being diffused in the Protestant world and gradually lost its distinctiveness.

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Bohemian Reformation started in Prague in the second half of the 14th century.

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The beginnings of the Bohemian Reformation were closely related to the criticism of the lavish lifestyle of many priests.

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Bohemian Reformation served the Eucharist daily which was very uncommon because the laymen took communion usually only once a year.

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Bohemian Reformation was an influential university teacher and a popular preacher in Bethlehem Chapel in the Old Town of Prague.

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