TOUCHING THE ARTICLES OF FAITH WHICH JOHN HUSS HAD DERIVED FROM THE WRITINGS OF JOHN WICKLIFFESebastian Franck writes as follows, "John Huss, a disciple and fellow believer of this Wickliffe, received the Wickliffite doctrine from Jerome of Prague, who carried it with him from England to Bohemia as a sacred treasure. Continuing, he relates the articles which John Huss had learned and adopted from Wickliffe's writings. Quot;That the Roman church has no right to divide the sacrament, and has wrongfully deprived the laity of one form. Quot;That the Roman bishop is just like other (ordinary) bishops. Page 337 Quot;That under all circumstances there is no purgatory. Quot;To pray for the dead is vain and unavailing, and is invented by the avarice of the priests. Quot;Images of God and the saints are not to be tolerated, and should be abolished. Quot;The wicked devils have invented the unspiritual mendicant orders. Quot;The priests ought to be poor, and live only from alms. 8."Outward, auricular confession is altogether false and man's invention. It is sufficient to confess one's sins in the closet to God. Quot;The ceremonies and usages of the (Roman) church are vain things. Quot;Touching several things concerning the sacrament, etc. 11."The time is uselessly consumed by the seven hours.*
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