Jesu Christi custodiant animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen." instead of the customary formula: "Corpus Domini nostri," etc. The emperor and the archbishop expected results from this papal concession. Thinking that the Utraquist consistory at Prague would at once accept all Catholic doctrine, the emperor put it under the jurisdiction of the archbishop. Both, however, were soon undeceived. The Utraquist consistory was ready to present its sacerdotal candidates to the archbishop for ordination, but there his authority was to end. They refused to permit their candidates for the priesthood to undergo examination on Catholic theology or to give proof of their orthodoxy, and complained to the emperor that the archbishop was infringing upon their rights. Under the rule of Ferdinand's son Maximilian II, who became emperor in 1564, the gulf that separated the Catholics from the Utraquists was continually widening. In order to publish and put into execution the decrees of the Council of Trent, the archbishop intended to convene a provincial synod at Prague; but Maximilian, fearing to offend the Bohemian nobility of whom the majority were Protestants, withheld his consent. Hampered on all sides, the archbishop and the small body of Catholic nobles, despite their efforts, could only postpone the impending crisis. The Utraquists no longer heeded the archbishop's commands, continued to administer the Holy Eucharist to infants, disregarded many decrees of the Council of Trent, neglected sacramental confession—in a word, were steering straight towards Protestantism. After 1572, the archbishop refused to ordain Utraquist candidates, despite the expostulations of Emperor Maximilian. The death of Maximilian (12 October 1576) brought no relief to the archbishop and his ever-decreasing flock of Catholics. After the death of Brus the Catholics of Bohemia continued on their downward course until the victory of Ferdinand II over the Winterkönig Frederick V at the Battle of the White Mountain near Prague (8 November 1620). References Frind, Geschichte der Bischofe und Erzebischofe von Prag (Prague, 1873), 182-189; Borwy in Kirchenlexikon, s.v.; Biography in Oesterreichische Vierteljahrschrift fur kath. Theologie (Vienna, 1874). External links Catholic Encyclopedia article 1518 births 1580 deaths People from Mohelnice Roman Catholic archbishops of Prague Participants in the Council of Trent Bishops of Vienna Austrian people of Czech descent 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Austria