# Luther publishes the Small Catechism Date: 1529 ## The fact In 1529 Der kleine Katechismus appeared after Saxon visitations. It is a completed teaching book for households, not a university summa. ## Context Visitations documented that many pastors could not recite the creed. The catechism is a quality-of-teaching intervention. ## Evidence and sources 1529 catechism texts in CCEL and Lutheran collections. Establishes the book. Not a literacy rate. Wikipedia is not used as a causal source. ## Significance Teacher-supply path: a script for poorly trained clergy and parents. ## What is established and what is not Established: 1529 Small Catechism. Not established: universal parish compliance that year. Confidence high. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. The event remains dated 1529-01-01. Martin Luther's documented role is: He wrote the Small Catechism as a household and parish teaching tool after Saxon visitations found ignorance. A short printed catechism supplied pastors and parents with a standard teaching script. Later Lutheran churches, later princes, and later national myth are not this event. The URLs named above are locators for this Fact only. ## People - Martin Luther: https://factrail.ai/people/martin-luther ## Drivers - Teacher Quality and Supply: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-teacher-quality-supply ## Sources - https://www.luther.de/en/ - https://ccel.org/ccel/luther ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/luther-small-catechism-1529