MILICZ, or MILITSCH (d. 1374)

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MILICZ, or MILITSCH (d. 1374) , Bohemian divine, was the most influential among those preachers and writers in Moravia and Bohemia who, during the 14th century, in a certain sense paved the way for the reforming activity of Huss. The date of his

birth

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

is not known, but he was in holy orders in 1350, in 136o was attached to the

court

of the emperor Charles IV., whom he accompanied into Germany in that year, and about the same time also held a canonry in the

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

of Prague along with the dignity of archdeacon. About 1363 he resigned all his appointments that he might become a preacher pure and simple; he addressed scholars in Latin, and (an innovation) the laity in their native Czech, or in German, which he learnt for the purpose. He was conspicuous for his apostolic poverty and soon roused the enmity of the mendicant friars. The success of his labours made itself apparent in the way in which he transformed the notorious " Benatki "

street

STREET
STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

of Prague into a benevolent institution, " Jerusalem." As he viewed the evils inside and outside the

church

in the light of Scripture, the conviction grew in his mind that the "

abomination

ABOMINATION (from Lat. ab, from, and orninare, to .fore-bode)

of desolation " was now seen in the temple of God, and that antichrist had come, and in 1367 he went to Rome (where Urban V. was expected from Avignon) to expound these views. He affixed to the gate of St Peter's a placard announcing his sermon, but before he could deliver it was thrown into prison by the

Inquisition

INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

. Urban, however, on his arrival, ordered his release, whereupon he returned to Prague, and from 1369 to 1372 preached daily in the Teyn

Church

there. In' the latter year the clergy of the diocese complained of him in twelve articles to the papal

court

at Avignon, whither he was summoned in Lent 1374, and where he died in the same year, not

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

after being declared innocent and authorized to preach before the assembly of cardinals. He was the author of a Libellus de Antichristo, written in prison at Rome, a

series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

of Postillae and Lectiones quadragesimales in Latin, and a similar

series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

of Postils (devotional tracts) in Czech.
See

Count

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Liitzow, Life and Times of Master John Hus (1909), PP. 27-38.

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