What was the truth Hus proclaimed that led to his conflict with Roman Catholic hierarchy? Hus’s deepest grievances were ecclesiological and moral. He was horrified by ungodliness in the clergy, especially the rampant practice of simony, the tendency of priests to have mistresses, and the use of indulgences to motivate military action. Hus also opposed the theology of exterminating heretics, appealing to Augustine to argue that heretics should be appealed to with Scripture and reason. From the pulpit, Hus railed against these practices, proclaiming that we must bless our enemies rather than
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