Utraquists

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Utraquists were a moderate faction within the Hussite movement that advocated communion under both kinds (bread and wine) for the laity and sought compromise between radical reformers and the Catholic Church.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Utraquism 2
Utraquists canonical 2
Utraquist Hussites 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious movement
Hussite faction
agreement Compactata of Basel
alternativeName Calixtines
Utraquists
surface form: Utraquist Hussites
center Prague
churchType Utraquist Church in Bohemia
clergyType Utraquists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Utraquist priests
compromisePosition accepted some Catholic doctrines while rejecting others
conflict tensions with both Taborites and Catholic authorities
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Bohemia
declinePeriod 16th century
doctrine authority of Scripture and early Church tradition
laity should receive both bread and wine in the Eucharist
reform of the Church without full break from Catholicism
ecclesiasticalStatus semi-recognized within the medieval Catholic framework
etymology from Latin "utraque" meaning "each of two" or "both"
goal compromise between radical reformers and the Catholic Church
historicalSignificance early example of negotiated religious compromise in late medieval Europe
influenced development of communion practices in some Protestant churches
later Bohemian Reformation
influencedBy Czech reform preaching at Bethlehem Chapel
Jan Hus
languageOfWorship Czech
Latin
liturgicalPractice Eucharist in both kinds for clergy and laity
mainBelief communion under both kinds for the laity
notableEvent negotiations at the Council of Basel
participation in the Hussite Wars
opposedTo Catholic hardliners
radical Taborites
partOf Hussite movement
politicalRole major political force in 15th-century Bohemia
recognizedBy Council of Basel
Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Roman Catholic Church (conditionally, via Compactata)
region Bohemia
religiousTradition Hussite movement
surface form: Hussitism

Western Christianity
stance moderate within the Hussite movement
succeededBy Lutheranism in Bohemia
Unity of the Brethren influence in Bohemia
timePeriod 15th century
typeOfReform moderate church reform
viewOnImages generally more conservative than radical iconoclasts
viewOnPapacy critical of papal authority

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hussite movement hasPart Utraquists
Utraquists alternativeName Utraquists
this entity surface form: Utraquist Hussites
Utraquists clergyType Utraquists self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Utraquist priests
Taborites religiousTradition Utraquists
this entity surface form: Utraquism
Calixtines alsoKnownAs Utraquists
Jakoubek of Stříbro associatedWith Utraquists
this entity surface form: Utraquism