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Utraquism

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | 374 words | Copyright

Utraquism. The doctrine that the laity, like the clergy, should receive Communion under the forms of both bread and wine. It was maintained by the followers of John Huss. Communion in both kinds was conceded to the laity of Bohemia by the Compactata of Prague (1433). Formally cancelled by Pius II in 1462, thepractice ended after the defeat of the Bohemian revolt in 1620.

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