Wyclife’s teachings made its way to bohemia in two ways. The first was through Czech students who left the University of Paris for Oxford when the church fell into schism. The second was “the desire of Czech professors…to distinguish themselves, philosophically speaking, from their German counterparts” (Madigan, 395). a.The Holy Spirit is, according to Hus,… Continue reading →
As scholasticism became more and more a focus in the medieval period, it began to tackle many Greek philosophers. Aristotle became very important because it was thought that “Aristotelian logic was the master tool for harmonizing authorities apparently in conflict,” (Madigan, 272) and this was very important for Christian scholar. As people began to be… Continue reading →
The Christians and Muslims each saw the other as heretics who were leading people down a path to damnation. During Muslim rule, Christians and Jews suffered persecution for being “people of the book” and were taxed due to a canonical tax found in the Qur’an called the poll-tax. This was to be imposed on “the… Continue reading →
