Postilla

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Postilla is a collection of Czech sermons by the reformer Jan Hus that played a key role in the early Bohemian Reformation.

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instanceOf Christian literature
collection of sermons
religious text
associatedLocation Prague NERFINISHED
associatedPerson Jan Hus NERFINISHED
associatedWith Charles University in Prague NERFINISHED
Czech reform movement
author Jan Hus NERFINISHED
contains biblical commentary
moral exhortations
sermons on the liturgical year
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance important monument of early Czech prose
denomination pre-Reformation Hussite movement NERFINISHED
doctrineEmphasized authority of Scripture
instruction of lay believers in their own language
moral reform of clergy
genre didactic religious prose
homiletic literature
hasCanonicalStatus non-canonical Christian text
hasRole key text of the early Bohemian Reformation
historicalContext pre-Reformation religious reform in Bohemia
historicalPeriod late Middle Ages NERFINISHED
influenced Hussite preaching
development of Czech religious language
influencedBy biblical humanism of Jan Hus
medieval scholastic theology
intendedAudience Czech clergy
Czech laypeople
language Czech
mainSubject Bible exegesis
Christian theology NERFINISHED
sermons
movement Bohemian Reformation NERFINISHED
placeInTradition precursor to Protestant Reformation writings
purpose to explain Scripture to common people
to provide vernacular sermons
religiousPerspective critique of abuses in the medieval Church
religiousTradition Christianity
theologicalOrientation reformist Catholicism of Jan Hus
usedFor preaching in the vernacular
usedIn Hussite religious practice
writtenBy Czech reformer Jan Hus NERFINISHED

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Jan Hus notableWork Postilla