Four Articles of Prague

The Four Articles of Prague were a set of demands put forth by the Hussites, a religious reform movement in Bohemia. These articles, agreed upon in 1420, formed the core of the Hussite faith and sought to reform the practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

The four main points were:
* Freedom to preach the word of God.
* Communion in both kinds (bread and wine) for all believers, not just clergy.
* Abolition of the clergy's worldly possessions and prohibition of public sin.
* Public exposure and punishment of all mortal sins.

While these articles united various Hussite factions, significant disagreements persisted, particularly between the moderate Utraquists and the radical Taborites. The Hussite movement led to a series of conflicts known as the Hussite Wars, which lasted for over a decade and involved multiple crusades against them.12