Heritage Tour: Prague

Our last city on our tour.
All I can really say is WOW.  Prague is definitely a tourist destination.  Apparently people call it the city of 100 towers because there are so many towers and churches.  And it is beautiful.  Very beautiful.

The reason Prague was important to us was Jan Hus.   (John Goose in English)  He was a preacher, an academic (he was the rector of the university in Prague by the time he was 24), and a reformer.  He preached in Bethlehem chapel in Prague.

He preached that the entire congregation could drink of the cup at Eucharist (in the Catholic church only the priest would take of the cup) and the chalice became a symbol of his followers and theology.  He also condemned indulgences. So the Catholic church didn't really like him.  And he ended up being imprisoned, put on trial and charged with heresy.   He was burned at the stake July 6, 1415 and there is a national holiday in the Czech republic to commemorate his death. Interestingly, that just so happens to be my birthday as well.  However, there is a silver lining, the Catholic church has apologized for killing Hus, and has undone his excommunication.  Isn't that an act of reconciliation? Why don't people appreciate that?  Instead of hating on the catholic church for killing people, why can't they forgive?  I think that the Catholic church is to be commended for apologizing. And reconciliation can flow when the protestants no longer allow themselves to be bitter.  (sorry, that is my little mini sermon for the day).  

So Prague was amazing. We really enjoyed it, even though it rained at the very end of our stay. But I think it was God's way of telling us that we needed to go home now.   And we did.