Luther's Small Catechism

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Christian theological work catechism instructional manual

Luther's Small Catechism is a concise 16th-century instructional manual by Martin Luther that summarizes core Christian doctrines for teaching the faith, especially to children and laypeople.

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Label	Occurrences
Luther's Small Catechism canonical	6
Small Catechism	4
Luther’s Small Catechism	3
Small Catechism of Martin Luther	3
Der Kleine Katechismus	1
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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological work ⓘ catechism ⓘ instructional manual ⓘ
aim	to summarize core Christian doctrines ⓘ
author	Martin Luther ⓘ
compiledIn	Wittenberg ⓘ
confessionalDocumentOf	Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches
confessionalStatus	part of the Lutheran Book of Concord ⓘ
contains	exposition of the Apostles' Creed ⓘ exposition of the Lord's Prayer ⓘ exposition of the Ten Commandments ⓘ morning and evening prayers ⓘ table of duties ⓘ teaching on Baptism ⓘ teaching on Confession and Absolution ⓘ teaching on the Lord's Supper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
denomination	Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran
educationRole	foundation of Lutheran religious education ⓘ
format	manual for heads of families ⓘ
genre	didactic literature ⓘ
hasCommentariesBy	Martin Luther ⓘ later Lutheran theologians ⓘ
historicalContext	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation in Germany
influenced	Lutheran Christian education ⓘ Lutheran confessional documents ⓘ
intendedAudience	children ⓘ heads of households ⓘ laypeople ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
length	concise ⓘ
liturgicalUse	used in Lutheran worship and devotion ⓘ
originalTitle	Luther's Small Catechism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Der Kleine Katechismus
pedagogicalMethod	memorization ⓘ oral instruction ⓘ
publicationCentury	16th century ⓘ
publicationYear	1529 ⓘ
purpose	instruction in the Christian faith ⓘ
relatedWork	Luther's Large Catechism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Lutheranism ⓘ
statusInLutheranism	authoritative teaching text ⓘ
structure	question-and-answer format ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis	centrality of the gospel ⓘ justification by faith ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
translationStatus	translated into many languages ⓘ
usedFor	catechesis ⓘ confirmation instruction ⓘ

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