[1928] Albrecht, ib., referring to P. Bahlmann, “Deutschlands Katechismen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrh.,” 1894, p. 38, and F. Cohrs, “Evangel. Katechismusversuche vor Luthers Enchiridion,” (“Mon. Germ. Pædag.,” vol. 20 ff.; vol. 23, 1902, pp. 233, 271). For popular religious instruction before Luther’s day, see Janssen, “Hist. of the German People,” Engl. Trans., 1, p. 25 ff.; F. Cohrs, “RE. f. prot. Th.,” 10³, 1901, p. 135 ff., and F. J. Knecht, “KL.,” 7², 1891, p. 288 ff.; cp. 249 ff.
[1929] See above, p. 134 f., and vol. iv., p. 251.
[1930] Albrecht, ib., p. 444.
[1931] “Werke,” Weim. ed., 30, 1, p. 212; Erl. ed., 21, p. 128.
[1932] Albrecht, ib., p. 445, referring to Geffcken’s “Der Bilderkatechismus des ausgehenden MA.,” 1855, pp. 86, 98 f., 108, 177, etc., and particularly to Thalhofer, “Die katechetischen Lehrstücke im MA.,” (“Mitteil. der Gesellschaft f. deutsche Erziehungs- und Schulgesch.,” 15, 1905, p. 188 ff.)
[1933] Cp. Weim. ed., 30, 1, p. 454.
[1934] “Corp. ref.,” 1, p. 643 (1523).
[1935] Albrecht, ib., p. 454 f.
[1936] F. J. Knecht, loc. cit., p. 292 f. The “Discipulus” was compiled as early as 1416. Cp. “Zeitschr. f. kath. Th.,” 1902, p. 419 ff.
[1937] Albrecht, ib., p. 561.