I bet no of the Polish Readers 2031 (well, possibly Jacek Pałasiński, but He knows everything!) has no thought who it was Piotr Chelczycki au Vodňanach, that is the hero of the 12th painting of Epopea Slavic Fly.
Behind the Googles I say:
Petr Chelčický is believed to have been born in confederate Czech Republic About 1390, though supporters of 1 explanation place his birth in 1374. There is very small known about his individual life. Various historians call him a serf, free farmer, heir, aristocrat, shoemaker, priest and Waldens. On 1 occasion Chelčický calls himself a peasant, but this word contradicts his ability to live in Prague from 1419 to 1421, a basic cognition Latin and the time he could devote himself to his literary, political, and spiritual passion. It is certain that he was highly well-read for a medieval man without average university education. After 1421 he lived and managed in his native village Chelčice close Vodňan. He wrote 56 known works, but most remained unpublished and unavailable but for first manuscripts[1]. His reasoning was affected Tomáš of Štítného, John Wycliffe, Jan Hus and the legacy of the Waldenses. He died around 1460.
In 1420 Chelčický taught that force should not be utilized in spiritual matters. He utilized the parable of wheat[b] (Matthew 13:24–30) to show that both sinners and saints are called to live together until the harvest. He taught that it is incorrect to kill sinners, that Christians should refuse military service. He argued that if the mediocre refused, the rulers would have no 1 to go to war for them. Chelčický taught that no physical force would destruct evil, and Christians should receive persecution without retaliating. He believed war was the worst evil and believed soldiers were nothing more than murderers. He even rejected defensive warfare. He believed that the example Jesus and Gospels They're patterns of peace.
Yesterday, I showed the Victoria of Jan Żiżka - a prominent military Hussick. In the image above are Hussites murdered by crusaders. To Piotr Chelczycki, Jan Żiżka was an incarnate devil, not a actual Christian. However, in Prague there is no monument of the first one, neither the streets of his name in Warsaw or Wrocław.
I think you're right. Setting the another cheek is an utmost folly, due to the fact that then your closest wife/husband, children, grandchildren will be slapped.
Michał Leszczyński
