Peter_Kániš

Peter Kániš

Peter Kániš

Bohemian Hussite priest and theologian (d. 1421)

Peter Kániš (died 1421) was a priest and theologian during the Bohemian reformation, being the chief spokesman for the Taborites.[1] Along with other Taborites, he was burned at the stake for heresy by Jan Žižka, who wanted to control the most radical parts of the reformation.[2][3][4][5] Kániš advocated the postponement of baptism until the age of thirty over infant baptism. He took a memorialist view of the Eucharist. Bishop Nicholas Biskupec wrote a treatise against him defending the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.[6][7][8] A few of those led by Kániš and Martin Húska would later form the Adamite sect.[9]

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    Atwood, Craig D. (2009). The Theology of the Czech Brethren from Hus to Comenius. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03532-1.
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    Brackney, William H. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Radical Christianity. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7179-3.
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    Atwood, Craig D. (2009). The Theology of the Czech Brethren from Hus to Comenius. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03532-1.
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    Spinka, Matthew (2017-03-14). John Hus: A Biography. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-8683-8.
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    Cohn, Norman (1970-05-15). The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-987840-6.
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    Atwood, Craig D. (2009). The Theology of the Czech Brethren from Hus to Comenius. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-03532-1.
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    Enns, Fernando; Seiling, Jonathan (2015-07-06). Mennonites in Dialogue: Official Reports from International and National Ecumenical Encounters, 1975–2012. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4982-0364-7.
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    Spinka, Matthew (2017-03-14). John Hus: A Biography. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-8683-8.
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    Spinka, Matthew (2017-03-14). John Hus: A Biography. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-8683-8.
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