Jan Kalenec

Jan Kalenec (1490–1546) was a Prague cutler who took up the leadership of the Amosites, a radical branch of the Czech Brethren after the death of their elderly figurehead Amos.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Jan Kalenec: przywódca radykalnego odłamu braci czeskich Wacław Urban - 1985
  2. ^ The Early Reformation in Europe - Page 39 Andrew Pettegree - 1992 "59 Moravia in fact became a haven for dissidents of all types, including such exotics as Jan Kalenec of the Amosites. a splinter group from the Bohemian Brethren, and Jan Dubcansky, a knight who in the 1520s founded his own faith, ..."
  3. ^ The Radical Reformation George Huntston Williams - 1992 "When Kalenec became an Amosite, the Minor Unity took on, locally, new life. The Brethren met in his house in the Ujezd district. Here he rebaptized and administered the communion wine from a wooden chalice to emphasize Christus pauper."