Czechoslovak Hussite Church
Czechoslovak Hussite Church | |
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| Církev československá husitská | |
| Abbreviation | CČSH |
| Classification | Christian |
| Orientation | Hussite |
| Theology | Neo-orthodox |
| Polity | Mixture of Presbyterian and Episcopal |
| Patriarch | Tomáš Butta |
| Dioceses | 6 |
| Vicarages | 22 |
| Associations | Conference of European Churches, Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe |
| Region | Czech Republic Slovakia |
| Language | Czech, Slovak |
| Founder | Karel Farský |
| Origin | January 8, 1920 Czechoslovakia |
| Separated from | Roman Catholic Church |
| Separations | Orthodox Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia (1924) |
| Aid organization | Hussite Diaconia |
| Publications | Český zápas |
| Official website | www |
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The Czechoslovak Hussite Church (Czech: Církev československá husitská, CČSH or CČH; Slovak: Cirkev československá husitská) is a Christian church that separated from the Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia.
Both the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and Moravian Church trace their tradition back to the Hussite reformers and acknowledge Jan Hus (John Huss) as their predecessor. It was well-supported by Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who himself belonged to the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.
The Czechoslovak Hussite Church describes itself as neo-Hussite.