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35 Hussitism proclaimed with the old Hosts of the Lord: Against violence of evil forces set violence for the good. An eye for an eye! The name of Jesus the Prince of Peace was sung by the thousands of warriors of Hussite columns with a fervor almost unheard of for fourteen hundred years, and the hands of the same people were still warm and red from the blood of the enemies of the Law of God:

Chelčický has realized with more penetrating insight than any other reformer the necessity for the Church of Christ of resisting identification with any organized company of people, that is, of being in a strict sense the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, the living spring of Christian life. With prophetic perception he revealed and (Continued from preceding page). the Lord?" (Chron.19:2), "Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate Thee? I hate them with an unfeigned hatred as they were mine utter enemies" (Psalm 139:21–22). Roland H. Bainton, "The Churches and War: Historic Attitudes Toward Christian Participation.", vol.XI,1 (January 15, 1945).

, p.25.

From the Hussite Anthem.