Editing Jan Hus (section)

==== Hus leaves Prague and appeals to Jesus Christ ====
By this time, Hus's ideas had become widely accepted in Bohemia and there was broad resentment against the Church hierarchy. The attack on Hus by the pope and archbishop caused riots in parts of Bohemia. King Wenceslaus IV and his government took the side of Hus and the power of his adherents increased from day to day. Hus continued to preach in the [[Bethlehem Chapel]]. The churches of the city were put under the ban, and an [[interdict]] was pronounced against [[Prague]]. To protect the city, Hus left and went into the countryside where he continued to preach and write.{{sfn|Kuhns|1907|pp=77–78}}

Before Hus left Prague, he decided to take a step which gave a new dimension to his endeavors. He wanted to become a preacher and then taught at the university he studied at before. He no longer put his trust in an indecisive king, a hostile pope or an ineffective council. On 18 October 1412, he appealed to Jesus Christ as the supreme judge.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Funda |first1=Otakar A. |title=Když se rákos chvěje nad hladinou|language=cs |date=2009 |publisher=Karolinum Press |isbn=978-8024615929 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wZNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA145}}</ref> By appealing directly to the highest Christian authority, Christ himself, he bypassed the laws and structures of the medieval Church. For the [[Bohemian Reformation]], this step was as significant as the [[Ninety-five Theses]] posted in [[Wittenberg]] by Martin Luther in 1517.

After Hus left Prague for the country, he realized what a gulf there was between university education and theological speculation and the life of uneducated country priests and the laymen entrusted to their care.{{sfn|Nodl|2010|pp=530–531}} Therefore he started to write many texts in Czech, such as basics of the Christian faith or preachings, intended mainly for the priests whose knowledge of Latin was poor.{{sfn|Šmahel|2013|p=143}}