The article presents the rhetorical work of the Carniolian polymath Johannes Ludovicus Schönleben (1618–1681) and presents his views on the reception of the rhetorical texts depending on knowledge of languages (regional and Latin) in the 17th century. Several issues are outlined that Schönleben must have faced as a Latin-, German- and Slovene-speaking humanist when he started to prepare the written drafts of his spoken sermons in for publication in collections of his rhetorical and meditative prose. The reception of Schönleben’s work in later periods is also briefly presented.
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