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“ Transubstantiation,” says Dean Milman, (notwithstanding the subtleties of his adversaries), the Communion in one kind, worship of the Saints and of the Virgin Mary, Huss was scrupulously, unimpeachably orthodox.” Thus far Dean Milman’s judgment upon Huss’ theological position may be upon the whole accepted, though perhaps not without some reservation.

As to the Communion in one kind, it is true that Huss was orthodox, if by that is meant that he accepted the doctrine of Concomitance. But he distinctly supports the practice of lay communion in both kinds, as desirable if not obligatory. To speak of the “Worship of the Saints and of the Virgin,” is to use language which few Romanists would recognise as a correct description of the practices of their Church. The intercession of Saints and of the Virgin, Huss firmly believed in: and in his 4em