Jan Augusta

Jan Augusta
Josef Rupert Maria Přecechtěl
Short Name: Jan Augusta
Full Name: Augusta, Jan, 1500-
Birth Year: 1500
Death Year: 1572

Augusta, Johann, seems to have been born at Prag about the year 1500. He was consecrated Bishop of the Bohemian Brethren in 1532, became president of their "select council" in 1537, and died at Jung-Bunzlau, Bohemia, Jan. 13, 1572. Two of his hymns, written in Bohemian, have passed into English through the German as follows:—
i. Aj jak jsou milí tvoji příbytkove. [The Christian Church.] Founded on Ps. lxxxiv. In the Bohemian Brethren's Hymn Book, 1559, f. 166, in 18 stanzas. Translated into German by J. Geletzky in the Kirchengeseng , Prag, 1566, and thence in Wackernagel, iv. p. 355, beginning “0 wie sehr lieblich sind all dein Wohnung." Translated from the German by J. Gambold as No. 269 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754 (1849, No. 763), beginning, "How amiable Thy habitations are."
ii. Budiž veleben Pán Bůh náš pochválen. [The Christian Church.] Founded on Ps. xlviii. In the Bohemian Brethren's Hymn Book, 1561. f. 168, in 8 stanzas. Translated into German by P. Herbert in the Kirchengeseng, 1566, and thence in Wackernagel, iv. p. 420, beginning, “Gott woll'n wir loben." The translations from the German are (1) “Praise our God gracious,” by J. Gambold, as No. 268 in pt. 1 of the Moravian Hymn Book , 1754. (2) “Praise God for ever,” as No. 491 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789 (1849, No. 761). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


Texts by Jan Augusta (13)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Cesta k nebi nova, ziva, od BohaJan Augusta (Author)English2
How blest and lovely thy earthly dwellingsJohann Augusta (Author)English4
How shall we thank you, Christ, our LordJan Augusta (Author)English2
Komuz milo spaseniJohann Augusta (Author)Czech2
Kristus Knez, chte sve obetiJan Augusta (Author)Czech2
Nejvyssi Knize pastyruoJan Augusta (Author)Czech2
O Lord, how lovely Are thy habitationsJan Augusta (Author)English2
O wie sehr lieblich, sind alle deine WohnungJohann Augusta (Author)German3
Pane Jezisi KristeJan Augusta (Author)Czech2
Praise God for everJohn Augsuta, 1500-72 (Author)2
Trojici blahoslavenouJan Augusta (Author)Czech2
Vitej, Jezu Kriste, s nebeske vysostiJohann Augusta (Author)Czech2
Witaj, Jezu Chrystebp. Jan Augusta (Author)Polish2

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