Holy Father; and the cardinals, together with the others, affirmed that very same thing. May Christ Jesus then be blessed for having suffered this to take place in His Church for our instruction and warning!
XXX. To the Same
(Without date: end of April (?) 1413[1])
Worshipful lord rector, reverend father and master! I do not believe that the schism of the people can be lulled to sleep: for Christ’s prophecy must needs be fulfilled, Who came not to send peace, but a sword, to separate father from son and mother from daughter, etc.[2] The prophecy of Paul also saith that the son of iniquity shall not be accomplished unless there came a schism first.[3] As to the disgrace of the king and his kingdom,[4] what matters it to us, if the king is good, and provided at least some of his subjects are good? Christ in His earthly course suffered deep disgrace along with His elect, to whom He said: They will put you out of the synagogues, and will slay some of you, thinking that they are doing a service to God.[5] And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake,[6] you shall be delivered up by parents and kinsfolk. Now this is worse than to suffer at the hands of Stanislaus and Palecz! But as to my victory, it depends not
- ↑ This letter should be compared with the Responsio ad Scripta Stanislai in Mon. i. 265 ff., some arguments of which Hus here condenses. Its date is evidently after the fruitless conference of April and before the banishment of Stanislaus or the election of the new rector; cf. inscription in MS. ‘Mo Xo protunc rectori’.
- ↑ Luke x. 34.
- ↑ 2 Thess. ii. 3.
- ↑ By the rumour of heresy.
- ↑ John xvi. 2.
- ↑ Matt. x . 22.
