Petr Chelčický, Czech philosophy, violence, political philosophy, theology

The paper deals with the teachings of the Czech thinker Petr Chelčický. The research focuses on his theologizing philosophy, which was rather neglected in the previous philosophical and historical works dealing with his thought. The author focuses on basic aspects of Chelčický?s teachings as his rejection of all forms of violence and the idea of Christocentrim. The main interest of the author is the analysis of the reception, de-viation or re-reception of Chelčický´s philosophical and theological thought from the first generation of the Unity of the Brethren to John Amos Comenius. According to the author, Comenius? work can be interpreted as a completion of the triad reception (characteristic of the Czech context up to the mid-nineties of the 15th century) ? de-viation (delimitated in fact by the 16th century and the first two decades of the following century) ? analogy (being represented by the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren).