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Factions

As the Hussite movement evolved, it divided into moderate and radical factions. The moderates, called Utraquists (from the Latin word for “both,” referring to Communion in both kinds), or Calixtines (from the Latin word for “chalice”), essentially limited their demands to reform along the lines of the Four Articles. The radical faction, drawn mostly from the rural peasantry and poor, became known as Taborites (after Mount Tabor, their meeting place near Prague, which they named for the place of Christ's transfiguration). The Taborites called for the abolition of clerical vestments and the Latin liturgy and also attacked monarchy and the feudal system. Inspired by their millennialist beliefs (see Millennium), the Taborites and a similar group named the Horebites (after the biblical Mount Horeb) considered themselves invincible in battle.