Calixtines

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The Calixtines were a moderate faction within the Hussite movement that advocated for church reform and communion in both kinds (bread and wine) for the laity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Calixtines canonical 2
Calixtins 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious movement
Hussite faction
acceptedCompromiseWith Catholic Church hierarchy
surface form: Catholic Church authorities
activeIn Bohemia
alsoKnownAs Calixtines
surface form: Calixtins

Utraquists
associatedWithDocument Compactata of Basel
associatedWithEvent Council of Basel
compromisedOn some radical social demands of other Hussites
conflictWith Taborites during Hussite Wars
coreDemand church reform
communion in both kinds for the laity
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Bohemia
declinePeriod late 15th century
doctrine acceptance of many traditional Catholic doctrines
laity should receive both bread and wine in the Eucharist
emergedAfter execution of Jan Hus
goal reform of the church without complete break from Rome
historicalContext late medieval church reform movements
historicalRegion Central Europe
ideology moderate Hussitism
influencedBy Jan Hus
languageOfCommunity Czech
legacy precursor to later Protestant movements in Bohemia
liturgicalPractice distribution of the chalice to laypeople
nameDerivedFrom Latin word calix
opposedTo Taborites
radical Hussites
partOf Hussite movement
positionInMovement moderate faction
regionOfInfluence Prague
religiousAffiliation Latin Church tradition
Western Christianity
religiousBranchOf Hussite movement
religiousTradition Hussite movement
surface form: Hussitism
stanceOnPapacy more conciliatory than radical Hussites
stanceOnScripture emphasis on preaching and biblical teaching
supportedBy Bohemian Protestant nobles
surface form: Bohemian nobility

urban elites in Bohemia
symbol chalice
timePeriod 15th century
Second anti-Hussite crusade
surface form: Hussite Wars
typeOfReform ecclesiastical reform
sacramental reform
viewOnClergy called for moral reform of clergy
viewOnImages less iconoclastic than Taborites
viewOnMass retained much of the Catholic mass structure

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Hussite movement hasPart Calixtines
Utraquists alternativeName Calixtines
Calixtines alsoKnownAs Calixtines
this entity surface form: Calixtins