What did King Wenceslas think about the writings?
He was always arguing with the Church, as a matter of authority, not belief, so he supported me. His sister Anne, the Queen of England, and Sophie were really more interested in church reform. I understand that Charles University faculty condemned Wycliff’s writing. Yes they did. At a gathering in 1403 a majority of the professors voted to condemn Wycliff’s views as being heretical, erroneous, and scandalous. I, myself, voted in the minority because I agreed with the Englishman that all doctrine had to be based on the bible. So, how did you go from supporting Wycliff’s ideas to becoming a heretic yourself? Gradually I came to believe that the word of God should be accessible to all believers and the Bible and the services should be in Czech. I also felt that the chalice of wine in the mass should be shared by the congregants, not drunk only by the priests, as was being done. Did the king support you then? Yes, indeed. In fact, when I spoke out against German university students taking
