 A safe conduct. He was really the original Protestant. He was Protestant before the printing press. The reason Luther is thought of as the founder of Protestantism is because he had the advantage of the printing press. But John Hus did not. Well, John Hus received a safe conduct and they reneged on it and burned him at the stake. How does the Catholic Church justify the treatment of John Hus? The Catholic Church doesn't. It's very interesting. Before