The Gruber Rare Books Collection and Other Rare Books
Luther's Works
Publications by Luther 1529
Gruber 260 (1) Bekenntnis des Glaubes D. Mart. Luthers. Erfurt: Mathes Maler, 1529. Benzing 2510; WA 26.499-509. Luther's Works 37:360-372. Vom Abendmahl Christi Bekenntnis Part III. Also bound in this volume are Schwabach Articles, Smalcald Articles, and several other items.
The Large Catechism
Gruber 21 Deudsch Catechismus. Mart. Luther. Wittemberg: Georgen Rhaw, MDXXIX. (Large Catechism) Aland 364;Benzing 2548; WA 30,1.123-238. Der Grosse Katechismus.
Appalled at the desolation which the Visitors found in the Saxon parishes, Luther composed a small and a large catechism.
"Luther said that he would be glad to have all his works perish except the reply to Erasmus and the catechism." Bainton, Here I Stand, 263.
Another copy in the collection is without a Gruber number
The Gruber Collection was assembled by L. Franklin Gruber, President of Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Illinois.
Annotation prepared by Ralph W Klein