Maurice of Prague

Maurice of Prague

Mauritius de Praga

1360–1434
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Maurice of Prague (Mauritius Rvačka, c. 1360–1434) was a Bohemian theologian, master and chancellor of the University of Prague, and a leading opponent of Jan Hus within the Bohemian church. Trained at Prague and Paris, he represented the Czech nation at the Council of Pisa (1409) and played a prominent role at the Council of Constance (1414–1418), where he served as an assessor and delivered a solemn oration calling for the reform of the ecclesiastical estate along the lines of the primitive Church. A staunch defender of Catholic orthodoxy against Wycliffite and Hussite doctrine, he later participated in disputations at the Council of Basel.

The Great Ecumenical Council of Constance on the Universal Reformation, Union, and Faith of the Church. Volume I

The Great Ecumenical Council of Constance on the Universal Reformation, Union, and Faith of the Church. Volume I

Magnum Oecumenicum Constantiense Concilium De Universali Ecclesiae Reformatione, Unione, Et Fide. Tomus I

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Counsel on the State of the Church to be Reformed in the Council of Constance

Consilium de Ecclesiastico Statu in Concilio Constantiensi Emendando

A sermon-treatise (consilium) delivered by Maurice of Prague, Chancellor of the Church of Prague and professor of sacred theology, before the Fathers of the Council of Constance in 1417. Taking as his thema "Aperte vobis dicere" (John 16), Maurice argues for the reform of the ecclesiastical estate along the lines of the primitive Church, castigating arrogance and simony as the roots of dissension in the Church and pleading for the restoration of sound learning and probity among the clergy. Transcribed from a Viennese manuscript codex by Hermann von der Hardt.

Sermon delivered at the Council of Constance·fol. 860–874