Schöne Frag vnd Antwort, Was ain warhafftiger Christenn der recht Glaub, vnnd seyn frucht sey
Subtitle: Item die Zehen gebot Gottes, wie er sie dem Moysi auff dem berg Sinay angeben hatt, vnd das Vatter vnser [et]c. den Iungen fast nutzlich
By: Hans Gerhardt Wegmaister zů Kützingen
Contributors: Stayner, Heinrich, -1548, printer
Publisher: [Heinrich Stayner]
Published: 1525
Place of publication: Augsburg]
Language: ger
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Doctrinal Theology; Early works to 1800; German Catechisms
Notes: German Catechism that appeared before Luther's catchisms (first in 1529). It includes the basics of the Christian faith in dialogue form, together with the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer. Nothing is known about the author. He is Lutheran in the sense that almost everyone in the period who favored Luther over Rome was a Lutheran, but some differences in approach, principally in his teaching on Baptism, have been noted.

Place of printing and name of printer from VD 16.

Signatures: A⁴ B².

Includes two large wood-engravings, on the t.p., depicting the risen Christ (crown of thorns, and marks in hands and feet) pointing to a fruit tree with three banners featuring the terms, "Werck (Deed(s)", "Lieb (Love)", and "Glaub (Faith)", and on p. [8] depicting Moses with the tablets of the Law, each inscribed with Hebrew letters or words, symbolizing the Ten Commandments.

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), G 1484

BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 340

Gatch, M. Library of Leander van Ess, D2049