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Bethlehem Chapel

Name: Bethlehem Chapel
Address: 255/4 Betlémské nám., Praha 1, Hlavní město Praha, CZ

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July 23, 2018

Bethlehem Chapel - a 14th century religious structure closely connected eith the reformer Jan Hus. It still keeps some of its original features

Eric

February 29, 2016

The Bethlehem Chapel is a medieval religious building in the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic, notable for its connection with the origins of the Bohemian Reformation, especially with Jan Hus.

Patrick

May 2, 2016

Prague's Bethlehem Chapel The Bethlehem Chapel (Betlémská kaple) is a medieval religious building notable for its connection with the origins of the Bohemian Reformation, especially with the Czech reformer Jan Hus. It is a place that brings to mind the personality of Hus and the Hussite period of Czech history. The foundations of the Czech reform movement were lain here over sox hundred years ago. It was founded in 1391 and taught solely in the Czech vernacular, thus breaking with German domination of the Medieval Bohemian church. The building was never officially called a church, only a chapel, though it could contain 3,000 people. Jan Hus became a rector and a preacher in March 1402. After Hus's excommunication in 1412, the Pope ordered the Bethlehem chapel to be pulled down - but this action was rejected by the Czech majority on the Old Town council.