 A few of the most famous Lutheran postils are those of M. Luther ("Kirchenpostille", Wittenberg, 1527; "Hauspostille", 1542, 1549), P. Melanchthon ("Evangelien-Postille", Germ., Nuremberg, 1549; Lat., Hanover, 1594), M. Chemnitz ("Evangelien-Postille", Magdeburg, 1594), L. Osiander ("Bauern-Postille", Tübingen, 1597), and J. Arndt ("Evangelien-Postille", Leipzig, 1616).By 1530 postils were commonly used in Catholic preaching, at least in Germany.The two (in Latin) by Thomas Stapleton proved popular.