Introduction 11 // 1 Roots of Czech Church Slavonic and the problem of continuity 17 // 2 Linguistic character of Czech Church Slavonic and its relation to Proto-Czech 31 // 3 Translations from Latin and language contact of Latin and Czech Church Slavonic 37 // 4 Graecisms in Czech Church Slavonic texts and hypotheses of the Greek influence on Czech Church Slavonic 57 // 5 Paraliturgical texts as a specific genre of Czech Church Slavonic literature 63 // 6 How many Church Slavonic legends originated in Bohemia during the 10th and 11th centuries? 71 // 7 The Forty Gospel Homilies of St. Gregory the Great - the most important Czech Church Slavonic literary work? 89 // 8 The testimony of the Czech CS penitential Nekotoraja zapovedb 105 // 9 Conclusions 117 // Appendix - Edition of the penitential Nekotoraja zapovedb 123 // References 135 // List of Abbreviations 151 // Index of CS words, word forms and linguistic elements 153 // Index of persons and texts 157