We all know that written literature was preceded by oral literature – folk poetry. With Christianity, sermons also became part of it. The apostles were the first carriers of the oldest forms of public speaking – sermons. Sermons are also some of the oldest forms of written literature, says Professor Emeritus of the Tallinn University Institute of Humanities Rein Veidemann. See more at: http://www.tlu.ee/en/News/3682/rein-veidemann-what-is-soul-care-literature