Kralice Bible
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The Kralice Bible, published in six volumes between 1579 and 1593, is a significant Czech translation of the Bible. It was produced by scholars of the Unitas Fratrum (Bohemian Brethren) in the Moravian town of Kralice. This work is considered the finest example of classical Czech literature. The Kralice Bible played a crucial role in preserving the Czech literary language during periods of suppression, becoming the standard Protestant version and remaining influential until the national revival.12
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biblical literatureSlavic versionsThe Kralice Bible, regarded as the finest extant specimen of classical Czech, became the standard Protestant version.
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Czechoslovak historyThe Counter-Reformation and Protestant rebellion…to be known as the Kralice Bible). Thus, the Catholics sought to create a breach between the Unitas Fratrum and the Protestant majority, who adhered to the Bohemian Confession.
Read More…to be known as the Kralice Bible). Thus, the Catholics sought to create a breach between the Unitas Fratrum and the Protestant majority, who adhered to the Bohemian Confession.
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…translation of the Bible (the Kralice, or Kralitz, Bible), the outstanding quality of which made it a landmark in Czech literature. Their Confessio Bohemica, reflecting Lutheran and Calvinist influences, effected a union with Lutheran Hussites in 1575 that received Holy Roman imperial sanction in 1609. By that time the Unitas…
Read More…translation of the Bible (the Kralice, or Kralitz, Bible), the outstanding quality of which made it a landmark in Czech literature. Their Confessio Bohemica, reflecting Lutheran and Calvinist influences, effected a union with Lutheran Hussites in 1575 that received Holy Roman imperial sanction in 1609. By that time the Unitas…
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