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Abstract: This study concerns three selected aspects of the Holy Communion of infants in the Czech Lands after 1436. It first shows, on the basis of events in Prague in 1436-1437, that even in the immediate aftermath of the adoption of the Compacts, numerous disputes arose between the legates of the Council of Basel and Utraquists regarding the communion of infants. Despite the displeasure of the legates and monitoria of the Council directed to the Emperor the communio parvulorum was not clearly placed outside the law in the period considered. A second problem analysed here is the complaints of the Catholic side about violations of the Compacts (1430s-60s); from these it is evident that the most commonly mentioned transgression on the Calixtine side was indeed infant communion. The third aspect considered comprises works by the Utraquists Martin Lupáč and Pavel Žatecký which present the position that the Compacts and the communion of infants are entirely in accord. These authors interpret the words in annis discrecionis, or qui talem usum habent, in a markedly different way than Catholic scholars. |
