# De Ecclesia. The Church/Index

1915 translation of the 1413 treatise De ecclesia of one of the first Church reformers. The opinions on the catholic church which Hus expressed in this work played an important role in his trial at Constance, where he was condemned to death and burned at the stake.
INDEX
Abel, 3, 7, 13 Absolution. See Penance Adam the Monk, 183, 217, 222, 230, 258 Adrian IV, 286 Agnes, 62, 127, 133 sq., 174 Alanus ab Insulis, 5 Albertus Magnus, 5 Alexander III, 280, 286 Alexander V, 181, 205, 240, 292 Alexander of Hales, 97 Alfonso da Liguori, 6 Alms, 219, 299 Ambrose, 8, 37, 62, 78, 142, 282 Anacletus, 82, 110, 150, 153, 211 Anacletus II, 181 Anselm, 94 Antichrist, 21, 107; in the papal chair, 128; clergy, 159, 177, 184, 253, 284, 291 Antioch, church of, 63, 151, 214 sq. Apostles, foundations of the church, 80; equal with Peter, 82, 110, 143 sq., 154 sqq.; fell into heresy, 168; duties, 158, 195 sq. Apostolic see, 195 sq., 197 sq., 212, 230 sqq. Appeal to Christ, 207, 208 Aquinas, Thomas, 12, 37, 54; on faith, 67, 94; on penance, 97, 189 sq. Aristotle, 2, 36, 234, 255 Augustine quoted, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 17, 23 sqq., 28 sq., 32 sq., 38, 42; mixed church, 44, 51, 53, 67; on Peter, 75, 76, 78, 80, 83; on the keys, 91, 95, 97 sq., 105, 114, 116, 131 sq., 132, 134 sq., 138, 141; more useful than popes, 149; knowledge of Scripture, 150, 154, 158, 168; "pope," 174, 183, 196, 198, 200 sq.; on hirelings, 202 sq., 213, 229, 237 sq., 242; on excommunication, 271 sq., 288, 292; "a holy man," 201
Balaam, 225 Bede, 157, 168 Benedict IX, 126 Benedict XIII, 156, 295 Benedict, St., 245 Bernard, 10, 31, 141, 183, 208, 211, 217 sq., 222 sq., 225, 230, 233, 242 sq., 258 sqq. Bethlehem chapel, 205, 254, 273 Binding, etc. See Penance Boehmer, 130 Bohemian clergy, 125, 161 sq., 183 sq. Boniface VIII. See Unam sanctam Boniface IX, 232 sq. Boniface-Martyr, 90
Canticles, 4, 31, 60 Cardinals, 131, 137 sqq., 143, 146; may be heretics, 168, 200 Christ, head of the church, 9, 18, 27 sq., 31, 54, 56, 83, 133; the rock, 74 sqq., 77, 82 sqq.; the Roman pontiff, 59, 119 sqq., 148 sq., 156, 249; the good bishop and best of masters, 227, 235, 242; to be obeyed, 238; and the death penalty, 172; and church censures, 275 sq., 291, 297 sq. Chrysostom, 20, 34, 55, 89, 150, 197, 242, 247 Church, Roman, 56, 61 sq., 64, 130. See Apostolic see and Pope Church, unity of, 1, 19, 30, 60; general and particular, 2, 3, 63, 133; body of the predestinate, 3, 4, 11, 22, 33 sq., 50, 63 sqq., 66; the holy catholic, 4, 5, 14, 65 sq.; mystical, 9, 18, 53; mother, 1, 21, 22, 30, 48, 49, 62; virgin, 13, 14; mixed, 16 sq., ​41 sqq., 58, 138; parts of, 19 sq.; Christ's body, 30, 33; and the human body, 35; may have several heads, 29; membership unknown, 47; not the pope and the cardinals, 138 sqq.; in the church, not of it, 21 Clement IV, 208 Clement V, 130, 240 Clement VII, 121, 294 Clerics, 1, 47, 48; judged by their lives, 49 sq., 196, 226, 228, 252, 283; to be judged by laics, 225, 227, 258, 262 sqq.; pride and simony, 228, 252; apostolic duty, 196, 201 sq.; hirelings, 202, 210; self-excommunicated, 272, 277, 285 Colonna, 248 Commentary on the Lombard, Huss's, 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 39, 50, 52, 67, 92, 98 Constantine's donation, 129, 150 sq., 153, 215, 226 Constantine II, 126 Counsels. See Mandates Creed, 5 Custom, 296 sq. Cyprian, 7, 158, 252
Damasus, 174, 243 Damiani, 4 Dante, 130 De consideratione, 87 Denifle, 39 Desolation of abomination, 62 Dionysius, 82 Döllinger, 67, 127 DuCange, 159, 172
Ecclesia, 1, 3 Eli, 278 sq. Epinge, 273 Eucharist, 10, 11, 89, 288 Eugenius III, 87 Evagrius, 157 Excommunication, 206, 249 sqq., 263 sqq., 267; minor, 270, 272; Scripture on, 285 sq.
Fabian, 247 Faith, 39, 48 sq., 67, 68 Felix, 128 Fruits, by their, etc., 140, 143, 145, 146, 148 sq., 160, 173 Fulgentius, 17, 45
Gehazi, 143 sq., 298 Gelasius, 61, 130, 150, 212, 246, 282 Germans, 248, 250 Gerson, 1, 295 Gilbert of Hoiland, 60 Glosses, 198, 224, 289, etc. Grace, twofold, 24 Gratian, 23, 94, 247, 289 Gregory I, 7, 10, 16, 40 sq., 52, 89, 99, 116, 122, 145, 147, 149, 173, 239, 280, 282 sq. Gregory VII, 115, 180 Gregory XII, 156, 182, 295 Grosseteste, 1, 204, 207 sqq. Guido de Baysio, 281
Henry III, 179 sq. Heretics, 24; death penalty for, 171, 182 Hergenröther, 268 sq., 295, 298, etc. Hidden Adversary, Against the, 282 Higden, 127, 129, 178, 208, 261 Holy Spirit, 71, 150, 163 Hope and faith, 70 sq. Hugo de St. Victor, 251 Huss, depends too little on the pope, 161 sqq.; on sale of indulgences, 165; leads the people astray, 184; his party, 184; disobeys Alexander V, 205 sq.; appeals to pope better informed, 206; appeals to Christ, 207; refuses to go to Rome, 248; resists censures, 250, 265 sqq., 293; and the murders in Prague, 253; withdraws from Prague, 287
Individual judgment. See Obedience, Mandates, Reason, etc. Indulgences, 98, 117, 165, 207 Innocent III, 104, 108; and the interdict, 286 Innocent IV, 67, 204 Interdict, 284 sqq.; effect of, 287 sq., 293 sq. Intermediate, things, 218 244, 259, 292 ​Intinctio, 11 Isidore, 7, 194, 239
Jerome, 8, 15; on Matt. 16: 16, 60, 89, 103 sqq., 116, 128, 149, 155 sqq., 162, 174, 176, 182, 187, 242, 261 Jerusalem, seat of James, 214 Jesenicz, 206, 267 John XII, 179 John XXIII, 165, 182, 206 sq., 253, 287, 295 Judas, 3, 4, 11, 24, 48, 50; Augustine on, 51, 59, 123, 141, 297, etc. Justinian, 246
Keys, power of, 75 sq., 85, 87, 91 sqq., 102, 106 sqq., 113 sq., 140. See Penance Kingdom of heaven, 42 sq.
Ladislaus, 98, 165, 253
Laymen, 225 sqq., 253 sq., 262 Lewis, 151 Liberius, 127 sq. Limbus patrum, 102 Literæ dimis., 298 Luther, 144, 165, 284 Lyra, 59, 164 sqq., 199
Mandates and counsels, 191, 193, 217 sqq., 220 sqq., 232, 234 sq., 236, 238, 250 sqq., 258 Marcellinus, 261 Marcellus, 82 sq., 214 sq. Martin V, 270 Martinus Polonus, 178 Mary, 6, 121 Matthew Paris, 204, 208 Mauritius, 233 Michael de Causis, 292 Mirbt, 14, 123, 127, 130 Moses' seat, 42, 198 sqq., 201 sqq., 221, 236, 242
Nicholas I, 246 Nicholas II, 177
Obedience to pope, 183; defined, 185; Christ's, 186 sq.; and secular power, 190, 194, 217 sqq.; to ecclesiastical superiors, 229 sqq., 238, 241 sqq., 253, 258. See Mandates Origen, 191, 279 sq.
Palacky, 205 Palecz, 117, 162, 165 sq., 211, 278 Parables of the net, etc., 40 sq. Paschasius Radbertus, 1, 10 Patriarchal sees, 151, 157 Paul, 24, 36, 50, etc. Pelagius, pope, 8, 212 Penance, 96, 98 sqq., 101 sqq., 106 sqq., 113. Peter, 36, 37, 57 sqq.; not the rock, 73 sqq., 78 sq.; not to be believed in, 79–81; not head of the church, 56, 83, 139; virtues, 84, 86,123; name, 85; rebuked by Paul, 86, 259; and the keys, 95 sqq., 105; called Satan, 141; his duty, 170 sq.; his see, 214–216; on censures, 285 sq. Peter the Lombard, 94, 98 sq., 104, 191 Pisa, council of, 155, 181 Pope, name, 145, 182; wicked, 62, 126, 173, 177 sqq.; 209; fallible, 71, 208, 231 sq., 261; heretic, 127, 156, 181; his pomp, 144; not head of the church, 125, 133–136; one among popes till Constantine, 150 sq.; must approve himself by his life, 87 sq., 143 sq., 149, 173, 197, 212, 249; when apostolic, 259; not judge in all cases, 161 sqq., 169; to be told his faults, 259; not always to be obeyed, 183 sqq., 221, 229 sqq., 234, 250 sqq., 264 sqq.; not necessary to the church, 147 sq. Præsciti, 1, 16, 30, 35 sq., 46 Prague, clergy of, 263 sqq. Preaching, 118, 205 sq., 239 sq., 277 Predestination, 3, 14, 22, 23, 25, 33 sqq., 35, 49, 59, 66, 138 Procurator, 295 Provisions, 208 Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals, 8, 82, 129
Radulphus Glaber, 178 Reason, 131, 163, 234, 236, 249 Reinkens, 88 Remigius, 7, 77 ​Reprobates. See Præsciti Richard of St. Victor, 99, 106 Rock, the, 59 sq., 73 sqq. Rupert of Deutz, 5
Sanguinary corollary, 171 Saul, 93 Schism, Avignon, 181 Schoolmen, on Canticles, 4, 36 Schwane, 97 Scriptures, 71 sq., 131 sq., 161 sqq., 164; clerics to know, 277; on excommunication, 285 sq., 291, 293 sq. See, sedes, 195, 213 sq. Sigismund, 232 Simon Magus, 4, 105, 298 Simoniacs, 114, 291, 298 Sortes, 189 Stafcon, 253 Stanislaus of Znaim, 117, 233. See Palecz Stephen I, 247 Suffrages, 268 Supererogation, 192 Superiors, 49 sq. See Mandates, Obedience Susannah, 168 Sutri, 177, 180
Tychonius, 32, 58, 138
Unam sanctam, 14, 27, 56, 57, 115, 119, 121, 153, 187, 286, 294
Vulgate, 20, 22, 23, 32, 60, 63, 76, 78, 84, 113, 119, 140, 162, 174, 187, 192, 224, 225, 235, 237, 272, 285 sq., 291, 293
Wenzel, 232 Wibert, 180 Wyclif, 1, 10, 11, 66, 117, 257, 298