Selected Issues in Christology and Soteriology of the Third Book of the Master Jan Hus's Commentary on Sentences

The author provides evidence in the paper that Hus' christology and soteriology do not depart from the boundaries of Catholic orthodoxy. Although Hus' theology was time-conditioned, the author finds compelling questions therein (in contrast to modern commentators). Hus worked on the third book in the first semester of the academic year 1408/1409, which was a time involving a dramatic turn in his fate. Hus' christology and soteriology is shaped in Anselm's manner. It contains thought-provoking statements about Christ's predestination, about his natural mortality, about the reverence of Christ's humanity and about the worship of images. Hus' theology of history focuses on the incarnation as the climax and fulfilment of the history of the world. The concept of Christ's sinlessness, not excluding the ability to sin, is also interesting. In the conclusion, the author brings to light certain inconsistencies contained in the first half of the third book of Hus' Commentary on Sentences.