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LETTER XXVII.^[1]

 

TO JOHN OF CHLUM.^[2]

 

[John Huss replies separately to all the articles. He also enumerates the annoyances to which he is subjected by several bishops relative to a quantity of gold pieces which they affirm to be in his possession.]

 

As well as I can remember, I know nothing more, and I am ignorant for what object the public hearing will be given me. I have protested in writing in presence of notaries; I have also addressed to the whole Council a petition which I shewed to the patriarch, and in which I demand to have permission accorded me to reply separately to each article, as I had already replied by writing. The public audience will perhaps be allowed me for the purpose of replying in a scholastic form, or perhaps God will graciously permit me to preach. I hope that, by the grace of God, I shall never depart, even slightly, from the truth, such as I know it. Pray to Him, therefore, to protect me!

As to what touches the communion of the cup, you

 

1. Hist. et Monum. Johann. Huss, Epist. xlviii.
2. This letter appears as if it were a reply to the preceding one, from what is said in it about the sacrament of the cup.