{{Short description|1550 book in Slovene}} {{Italic title}} thumb|Trubar's ''Catechismus,'' first page '''''Catechismus in der windischenn Sprach''''' or simply '''''Catechismus''''' (Catechism, also known as {{lang|sl|Katekizem v slovenskem jeziku}} or simply {{lang|sl|Katekizem}} in modern Slovene), is a book written by the Slovene Protestant preacher Primož Trubar in 1550.<ref name="library">{{cite book |title= Encyclopedia of library and information science|last= Drake |first= Miriam A.|year= 2003|publisher= CRC Press|isbn= 0-8247-2079-2|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=V0KncDkKj8IC&dq=Katekizem&pg=PA2080|page= 2080}}</ref> Along with Trubar's 1550 book, ''Abecedarium'' (Abecedary), ''Catechismus'' was the first book published in Slovene.<ref name="library"/> ''Catechismus'' served as part of a foundation of the establishment of a national identity for Slovenes.<ref name="library"/>
==History== Although it was for decades assumed that ''Catechismus'' was printed in Tübingen, new research has shown that it was most probably printed in 1550 by Peter Frentz in Schwäbisch Hall.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.srl.si/sql_pdf/SRL_2013_4_01.pdf |title=Nova odkritja o slovenski protestantiki |language=sl, en|trans-title=New Discoveries About the Slovene Protestant Literature |first=Kozma |last=Ahačič |journal=Slavistična revija |volume=61 |year=2013 |issue=4 |pages=543–555}}</ref>
==Contents== ''Catechismus'' was originally published in the schwabacher (Gothic script) and reprinted in 1555 in the Latin script.<ref name="DEDI">{{cite encyclopedia |first=Urška |last=Šavc |language=sl |title=Katekizem |trans-title=Catechismus |url=http://www.dedi.si/dediscina/215-katekizem |access-date=7 March 2015 |encyclopedia=DEDI - enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem |date= |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140929/http://www.dedi.si/dediscina/215-katekizem |url-status=dead }}</ref> It also contains hymns and a litany, all with musical notation. Based on the German patterns, they are original poems in four different forms of stanzas comprising altogether 500 verses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zkpprodaja.si21.com/en/Resna_glasba/KOMORNI_ZBOR_RTV_SLOVENIJA_DIR._SEBASTJAN_VRHOVNIK_PROTESTANTSKI_NAPEVI/ |title=Protestantski napevi (2011) |work=MMC RTV Slovenija |trans-title=Protestant Melodies (2011) |access-date=2015-03-07 |archive-date=2017-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030826/http://zkpprodaja.si21.com/en/Resna_glasba/KOMORNI_ZBOR_RTV_SLOVENIJA_DIR._SEBASTJAN_VRHOVNIK_PROTESTANTSKI_NAPEVI/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Modern edition== ''Catechismus'' was released in October 2009 for the first time in modern Slovene. This scholarly edition includes both the Trubar-era Slovene and a translation into modern Slovene with scholarly notes. Similarly, ''Abecedarium'' was published in October 2008, the other "first" Slovene book. The "Pridiga o veri" (Sermon on Faith) from ''Catechismus'' is available in Slovene, English, German, and Esperanto.
==Cultural references== A phrase from Cathecismus, ''Stati inu Obstati'' ("To Stand and Withstand"),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trubarforum.si/eng/index.php?area=zakaj |title=The Right Understanding of God |publisher=Trubar Forum Society |access-date=7 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319233840/http://www.trubarforum.si/eng/index.php?area=zakaj |archive-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref> is inscribed on the Slovenian 1 euro coin and has also been the slogan of the former Slovenian metropolitan archbishop Franc Rode.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsi.si/bankovci-in-kovanci.asp?MapaId=953&Pisava=1 |title=Euro Coins |publisher=Bank of Slovenia |access-date=7 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rkc.si/aktualno-arhiviraj//rode/rode_grb.html |title=Geslo in grb novega nadškofa |language=sl |trans-title=The Slogan and the Coat of Arms of the New Archbishop |publisher=VRNET Society |access-date=7 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718053144/http://www.rkc.si/aktualno-arhiviraj//rode/rode_grb.html |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== * Compendium Catechismi in Slauonica lingua, the first Slovene Catholic book (by Leonhard Pachenecker, printed in Graz, 1574)
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