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Festtheil der Hauspostille.

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Volume 13a

Festtheil der Hauspostille.

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We have kept the order with the festivals in this postilla, as it is customary according to Brandenburg and Nuremberg order, since also the apostles' festivals are not included without cause, and besides the same some special histories, which are to be presented to the people every year in the churches.

although the feasts are not kept, or the days are celebrated; as there are. St. Paul's conversion, the story of Magdalene the sinner, St. John's beheading etc.*)

*) Addition in editions a and d, in edition a at the end, in b at the beginning of the sermons.