[RobbyS]

In retrospect, Hus was foolhardy is going to a foreign city, but Luther was in his own country. Hus died for his faith, Luther did not. His greatest moment was agreeing to go to Worms, but long before he reached there he realized that his popularity among Germans gave him a real immunity that Hus never enjoyed. Do you think he was suprised when he was "kidnapped "and taken into protective custody by the Elector?
As for Hus's fate, do you really believe in the old aphorism: Better the living dog than the dead lion?

[drstevej]

***Do you think he was suprised when he was "kidnapped "and taken into protective custody by the Elector? ***

Probably not. I am glad he was, for the sake of his translational work and his other contributions. I had an opportunity to visit the Wartburg and attend services in his church at Wittenburg several months prior to the wall coming down. I am not a Lutheran, but I appreciate Luther in many ways.

***Better the living dog than the dead lion? ***
This isn't a cajun aphorism, not sure what it means.