References to Czech history in the Robert Bellarmine's treatise on vernacular translations of Scripture

Abstract

The article explores the distribution, function and sources of Bellarmin's references to the Czech history (Slavonic liturgy in the Great Moravia, prohibition of Slavonic liturgy in 1080 and role of the Bible translation in the Hussite movement).

Keywords

• Robert Bellarmine
• controversial theology
• Counter-Reformation
• Bible translations into vernacular languages
• Old Slavonic Bible translation
• Slavonic liturgy
• Hussite movement
• Saint Jerome