[[File:Gdacjusz Dyskurs o dobrych uczynkach.jpg|thumb|Book of Gdacius in Polish "Dyszkurs o dobrych uczynkach", published in Oleśnica 1687.]] [[File:Gdaciusz Przydatek o stanie rycerskim.jpg|thumb|Book of Gdacius in Polish "Przydatek o stanie rycerskim", published in Brzeg 1687.]] '''Adam Gdacius''' or '''Gdacjusz''' or '''Gdak''', also called ''Rey of Silesia'' (1615 – 1688) was a Polish-language writer and a Lutheran pastor at the Wilna church<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RssCAAAAQAAJ&dq=Adam+Gdacius&pg=PA60 Adam Gdasius at Wilna, Die Evangelisch Lutherische Kirche Wilna, Chronik 1855]</ref>
He was born and died in the Silesian town of Kreuzburg (now Kluczbork), where from 1644 was a deacon and, later, a parish priest. He wrote sermons and moralizing literature in Polish and Latin, mainly in the years 1674–1687.
==Published works== * ''Kwestyja o pojedynkach'' * ''O pańskim i szlacheckim stanie albo rycerskim dyszkurs'' * ''Dyszkurs o pijaństwie'' * ''Kwestyja o polygamijej albo wielożeństwie'' * ''Trojaki o ołtarzach, obrazach i organach dyszkurs'' * ''Kwestyja o zmartwychwstaniu'' * ''Kwestyjej o Pannie Maryjej'' * ''Dyszkurs o dobrych uczynkach''
==References==
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==Sources== * [https://olesnica.nienaltowski.net/GdacjuszAdam.htm https://olesnica.nienaltowski.net/GdacjuszAdam.htm] — about Adam Gdacius (in Polish)
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