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167 The Unity of the Brethren. Konečný Matouš. THE HOMEPREACHER. Publ. in Králové Hradec 1618.

Matthew Konečný (1572—1622), preacher and since 1606 senior of the Unity. This book was very popular and it is still used in many protestant families at their family worship.

Jiřík Dicastus z Miřkova: A RELIGIOUS POSTILLA FOR EVERY DAY USE. In 2 vol. publ. in Prague 1612.

Dicastus (1560—1630) was a calixtine (sub utraque) priest and Administrator (president) of the protestant consistory in Prague, since 1621 in exile in Žitava (Zittau in Saxony).

Streyc Jiří: THE PSALMS OR SONGS OF ST. DAVID. Publ. in Králice 1596.

Jiří Streyc (1599), a preacher of the Unity. He assisted in drawing up the Confessio Bohemica in 1575, and it is very probable, that he translated Calvin’s Institutio. He adapted the Psalms the music of Goudimel, and the Bohemian Protestant churches are still using them.

Žalanský Havel: TWO BOOKS ABOUT THE ACTS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Publ. in Prague 1617.

Žalanský (1567—1621) was B. A. and since 1600 a protestant (calvinistic) divine and a very productive religious author (34 works from him are known).

THE BOHEMIAN BIBLE printed in Prague 1488. The first printed Bohemian Bible.

THE BOHEMIAN BIBLE, printed in Venice in the year 1506.

THE BOHEMIAN BIBLE printed and edited in 1549.

THE BOHEMIAN BIBLE, printed and edited in 1715.

Master John Hus: POSTILLA.